The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

Beginning Feb. 8 - Mauna Loa at Bee Ridge will be closed for approximately two weeks from 8 pm to 6 am. Signs are already up indicating detour on Brentwood. The contractor will start night work on the intersection for approximately 2 weeks. The lanes will reopen each morning. This is to allow extensive utility work to be done in the intersection. Bee Ridge traffic flow will not be affected except for the right turn lane into Mauna Loa.

Possible power outages ahead - Bee Ridge update for the coming week:

UPDATE from the County: Bee Ridge Road Improvements - Temporary Lane Shift Postponed: The contractor has postponed the temporary lane shift to Friday evening, October 17. Both the east and west bound traffic will be shifted slightly to the south from Mauna Loa Boulevard to Hidden Glen Drive. There will be signs posted directing traffic through the new pattern. You've seen the blinking notices, here's what they mean: You

A Lake Sarasota resident has been tracking the resurfacing schedule for our area. He's learned that a number of our neighborhood streets that feed onto Bee Ridge Road are scheduled to be resurfaced as the widening project approaches completion. Chris Sharek provided a spreadsheet of resurfacings and says: As you can see, there are quite a few roads that are planned in Lake Sarasota for resurfacing. This is FANTASTIC news. It looks like they are currently in design and will be done in 2015. Even if they slip with the schedule, Bee Ridge won’t be done until 2016 anyway, so we’re in good shape.  Chris added: Second, I was chatting with a neighbor the other day and they seemed to think that Laurel Oaks and Bent Tree put up a bunch of $ to keep their light on Bee Ridge. I have confirmed that this is NOT the case. There is a round-about planned for that intersection. Just wanted to put an end to that rumor.

A summary of the Lake Sarasota Community Group meeting of Sept. 11, 2014. Treasurer’s report - the group has $297 and no debts. It voted unanimously to renew membership in CONA Sarasota . Update on Bee Ridge roadwork : Speed limit remains 35 mph throughout the duration of the project. Police are actively enforcing the limit. Racetrac  has begun work on its gas station at Mauna Loa Blvd. and Bee Ridge Rd. opposite the entrance to Lake Sarasota. The station will have 20 bays and a large store footprint. Racetrac construction TerraCap and the Bee Ridge Park of Commerce : TerraCap requested and received a postponement of its petitioned rezoning for the 50-acre plot at the north side Mauna Loa and Bee Ridge Rd. to allow time to meet with neighborhood representatives who are seeking a legally binding covenant to limit impacts on traffic and nuisance issues (bright lights, noise at night, etc). The rezoning will be heard at the County on Nov. 4. Representatives of resident...

The next community meeting of the Lake Sarasota Community Group (LSCG) will feature a Sarasota County grants coordinator who will talk about how to apply for county grants of up to $10,000 for the neighborhood, and the kinds of projects that can be done. The LSCG will meet Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7 pm at Sarasota Alliance Church , directly opposite Chaucer at Bee Ridge. The meeting rooms are behind the church building. So far the agenda includes: Grants talk and help - Sarasota County volunteer coordinator Kathlyn Clayton. Update on Bee Ridge roadwork. Status of Racetrac. Status of TerraCap and the BRPOC rezoning. 2050 Plan update. Rothenbach Park Initiative Possibility of Fall Neighborhood Garage Sale. All are welcome to attend these meetings - we are strictly volunteer - no dues!