The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

Dear Lake, Welcome to Sarasota County's community e-newsletter. If you have questions, ideas for articles, or feedback relating to this newsletter, contact us at  communications@scgov.net .  IRMA STORM RECOVERY UPDATES Despite the rain last week that affected operations on multiple days, more than 45,000 cubic yards of vegetative storm debris was collected from Sarasota County roadways. This represents the largest weekly total to date and approximately 18 percent of the total estimated debris in the county. Two trucks can be seen here simultaneously emptying their loads at one of Sarasota County's debris management sites.    Collection of storm debris from Hurricane Irma is more than 60 percent complete More than 60 trucks help clear vegetative storm debris on a daily basis, and operations continue to run seven days a week, weather permitting. C itizens can track the progress of vegetative storm debris collection in Sarasota County t...

Dear Lake, Welcome to Sarasota County's community e-newsletter. If you have questions, ideas for articles, or feedback relating to this newsletter, contact us at  communications@scgov.net .  IRMA STORM RECOVERY UPDATES Close to 100,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris have been cleared from the roadways in Sarasota County during the past 30 days. The debris contractors, including the drivers, machine operators, debris monitors and support staff are working seven days a week, often from sunrise to sunset, to help Sarasota County clear the vegetative storm debris.   Cleanup of the vegetative storm debris for Hurricane Irma continues to make progress Contractors entered four new zones this past week. Citizens can track the progress of vegetative storm debris collection in Sarasota County through the  Debris Pick-Up Status Map . The map is updated daily based on collection progress and scheduled start dates are subject t...

This map from Sarasota County projects a schedule of when the yard waste from Hurricane Irma will be collected in various neighborhoods throughout the county. As of now, Lake Sarasota is looking at sometime around Nov. 20th:

Welcome to Sarasota County's community e-newsletter. If you have questions, ideas for articles, or feedback relating to this newsletter, contact us at  communications@scgov.net .  County sets up storm debris hotline Garbage collection has resumed for unincorporated Sarasota County, and the county's landfill is open for trash and yard waste. County seeks feedback during workshops on Unified Development Code Sarasota County is creating a Unified Development Code that updates and brings together the land development and zoning regulations, which control the development of all properties in the unincorporated area of the county. Special election to be held for State House District 72 seat A special election will be held for the State House of Representatives District 72 seat to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Alex Miller for the remainder of the term.  County continues with recovery efforts Sa...