In-Person: February 19, 2025, anytime between 5 – 7 p.m.
Live Online: February 27, 2025, from 6 – 7 p.m.

PALMETTO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) invites you to a public workshop for the Southern Section of the Palmetto Trails Network Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study between the Green Bridge at US 41 Business, Connor Park, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Manatee County.

This study will evaluate alignments for a proposed shared use pathway through the City of Palmetto and Manatee County. Project benefits could include: reestablishing connections lost through the construction of US 41, providing safe and viable travel options for the community to access area destinations, and improving quality of life and economic objectives of the surrounding area.

The Southern Section Public Workshop is being conducted to present information about the preliminary alternatives and provides an opportunity for the public to express their views about the project. The information presented during either in-person or live online format will be the same and all attendees will have opportunity to comment.  

 Attend the public workshop:

In-Person Option
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Veterans’ Hall

Manatee County Fairgrounds

1402 14th Avenue W.
Palmetto, FL 34221                        

Anytime between 5 – 7 p.m.
The project team will be available for discussion.

 Live Online Option
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Register in advance: fdot.cc/Palmetto-Trails-Registration

5:45 p.m. How to submit comments
Anytime between 6 – 7 p.m.
This event will include a viewing of the project video and a live question-and-answer component with the project team. Please review the materials on project webpage before attending (swflroads.com/palmettotrailsnetwork). Materials will be posted online by February 12, 2025.

 If you are unable to attend the meeting, comments can also be provided through the project webpage swflroads.com/palmettotrailsnetwork or by email to Michelle.Rutishauser@dot.state.fl.us or by mail to FDOT District One, Attn: Palmetto Trails Network PD&E Study, MS 1-40, 801 N. Broadway Ave., Bartow, FL 33830. While comments about the project are accepted at any time, they must be received or postmarked by March 10, 2025, to be included in the formal meeting record. All comments are weighted equally. Questions can be answered by calling the FDOT Project Manager Michelle Rutishauser at (813) 380-7121.

A summary of the meeting will be available on the webpage approximately 30 days following the close of the comment period.

FDOT solicits public participation without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status. People who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or who require translation services (free of charge) should contact Cynthia Sykes, District One Title VI Coordinator, at (863) 519-2287, or email at Cynthia.Sykes@dot.state.fl.us at least seven days prior to the public meeting.

Por favor contacte a Karina Della Sera para información en español al Karina.DellaSera@dot.state.fl.us o 863-519-2750. 

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by FDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. §327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated May 26, 2022 and executed by FHWA and FDOT.