5. Stakeholder Coordination

Local input was sought throughout the study process to ensure that the needs and desires of the surrounding community were accounted for. The local agency presentations and one-one-one stakeholder meetings are listed in the project timeline included earlier in this summary and detailed in the Sarasota/Manatee US 41 CMASS Summary of Outreach, under separate cover. The primary feedback received from the stakeholder meetings included:

• Provide continuous bicycle and pedestrian features throughout the corridor including bicycle lanes, crosswalks, and pedestrian overpasses.
• Improve coordination/timing of traffic signals.
• Implement speed management/speed controlling measures.
• Establish better connections between US 41 and the neighborhoods behind it.
• Enhance multimodal mobility including transit services, transit stops, and connectivity.
• Improve signage.
• Improve lighting including illuminating all sidewalk areas along the corridor.
• Aesthetic improvements and consistency along the corridor to reflect the vibrancy of the region.
• Concerns for potential impacts to local historic and cultural focal points along the corridor.
• Consider planning improvements to address the homeless population.

6. ArcGIS Story Map

The ArcGIS Story Map created for the US 41 CMASS project was published in February 2024 and is located here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a378255a9e7d4120bddaa783a4883efc

The Story Map presents the work completed for the project (including public outreach, the corridor existing conditions, and demographics), and provides a look-ahead to the work that would have been carried out if the