The Florida Department of Transportation will be at the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival this weekend to hand out surveys about planned bridge improvements.
If you're at the Cortez Fishing festival this weekend, you will get the opportunity to let the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)know just what you think about a proposal to improve the Cortez bridge. The transportation department will hand out surveys this weekend that kick off a Project Development and Environment Study for the Cortez Bridge on State Road (SR) 684 in Manatee County. FDOT is staffing a booth at the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 16 and 17 and would like to hear people’s thoughts for future improvements to the bridge. The two-day festival will be celebrated in Cortez Village. Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone …
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The 31st annual event begins this coming weekend.
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Sunday, February 10
One of the highlights of February is set to happen this coming weekend. The 31st annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival in the Village of Cortez — possibly Bradenton's most popular festival — takes place Feb. 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The two-day festival is rich in local history, live music, nautical arts and crafts, children’s activities, environmental exhibits and, of course, more fresh seafood than imaginable. This year's theme is "Better Fish to Fry." The annual event held in the village of Cortez on the Gulf Coast of Mexico regularly draws more than 25,000 attendees. Admission is $3 for adults, children under 12 are free. Food and drinks are available for purchase. Remote parking with shuttle service is available at G.T. …
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J. Leves
11:17 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Here's some feedback that would improve the Cortez Bridge. How about giving the bridge operators laser sighting devices to better know when to open the bridge for an approaching boat? I live here on the island long-enough to know sometimes bridge operators open the bridge way too early for boats. This one tonight was more than five minutes out and cars had to sit and wait more than ten minutes… more ›