Despite continued traffic concerns raised by Manatee County commissioners and residents, Lorraine Road improvements are still years from reality.
While debating recent projects like the new high school coming to Lakewood Ranch and the Penler affordable housing project, some commissioners raised concerns about Lorraine Road’s ability to handle more traffic. But the county’s plan to expand the north-south road between State Road 64 and State Road 70 is at a standstill.
According to a spokesperson for Manatee County Government, the project design to take Lorraine from two lanes to four is complete. Construction costs are estimated to be more than $117 million, but there is no funding for this project in the county’s five-year plan…