With Sarasota County last week having awarded its final interim contract for roadside mowing and median maintenance, the county has released a schedule of areas where the public can expect to see mowing getting under way this week.
The contract for the North Urban Zone went to Natural Designs Landscaping of Palmetto. The county previously awarded separate contracts for the North Rural Zone, South Urban Zone and South Rural Zone.
As with the three contracts already awarded, the Natural Designs agreement is for a six-month period, a county news release says. County staff will seek a bid for three-year mowing agreements to cover the entire county. The County Commission in late May authorized the Procurement Department staff to award mowing contracts on a month-by-month basis, for up to six months, until new, long-term bids could be awarded.
That action resulted from county staff having to dismiss the company that won the roadside bid in January after the company could not keep up with the level of work outlined in its contract.
County mowing crews will continue working in the North Urban Zone through Aug. 24 to eliminate the backlog, the news release says.
The county mowing schedule through Aug. 17, subject to weather conditions, includes the following areas:
North Urban Zone
- Coash Road, Tuckerstown Drive, St. Louis Avenue, Roselawn Avenue, San Juan Drive, Shade Avenue at Arlington Street, Oak Terrace, Avenue A, Palm Terrace, 47th Street, Williamsburg Street, Colonial Drive and Gocio Road.
- Fruitville Road West, Bee Ridge Road, University Parkway, Superior Avenue, Gateway Avenue, Constitution Boulevard, Beneva Road, McIntosh Road, Bahia Vista Street, North Lockwood Ridge Road, John Ringling Boulevard, Boulevard of the Presidents, Dr. Martin Luther King Way, 17th Street, Siesta Drive, Midnight Pass Road, Stickney Point Road, Cattlemen Road, Webber Street, Proctor Road, Gulf Gate Drive, Curtiss Avenue and Clark Road.
North Rural Zone
- Delft Road Lift Station, Canary Street, Tanager Street, Caracus Street, Goldfinch Street, Hawkins Road, Hummingbird Lane, Curlew Street, Ibis Street, Dove Avenue and Clark Road.
South Urban Zone
- Venice Avenue, southwest Venice residential area, Venice Isles, Briarwood residential area, South U.S. 41 and Laurel Road.
South Rural Zone
- River Road and Winchester Boulevard
The schedule for Aug. 20-24 covers the following areas:
North Urban Zone
- South U.S. 41, Myrtle Street, DeSoto Road, Tuttle Avenue, Swift Road, Palmer Boulevard, Sawyer Road, Ashton Road, South McIntosh Road, Ocean Boulevard, Preymore Street, Bay Street and U.S. 301.
North Rural Zone
- Coburn Road, Sarasota Center Boulevard and Fruitville Road.
South Urban Zone
- Albee Farm Road and surrounding area, Nokomis area, Edmonson Road , Laurel Road West, U.S. 41, Macintosh Boulevard, Blackburn Point Road, Roberts Road, Kilpatrick Road and Albee Road.
South Rural Zone
- Warm Mineral Springs residential area
For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000.