For a 1.5-mile stretch of Legacy Trail, with more to come, walkers and joggers may now more peacefully co-exist with bicycles, scooters, rollerbladers and operators of other wheeled means of conveyance.
On March 31, Sarasota County cut the ribbon on the first phase of bifurcated trail, a parallel, 6-foot-wide strip of asphalt designated for pedestrian users. The project is funded through a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Recreational Trails Program with matching funds from Sarasota Friends of the Legacy Trail and the Sarasota-Manatee Bicycle Club.
The event was held at the Pompano Trailhead at 601 S. Pompano Ave., just south of the Sarasota County Fairgrounds. The parallel trail runs between Shade Avenue and Beneva Road…