SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – After nearly two years, and a $13 million dollar price tag, the long-awaited Legacy Trail overpasses at Bee Ridge and Clark Roads in Sarasota are now open.
This week, county officials, along with representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation, Friends of the Legacy Trail, and Sarasota County officials held a ribbon cutting at the site.
“It’s beautiful and useful, but the main goal is safety for the roughly 650 thousand visitors who use the trail each year,” said Sarasota County director of parks and recreation Nicole Rissler…