{"id":115334,"date":"2026-01-12T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/115334\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:39:07","slug":"manasota-key-road-repaired-reopened-after-2024-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/115334\/","title":{"rendered":"Manasota Key Road repaired, reopened after 2024 hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarasota County Capital Projects has made temporary repairs to Manasota Key Road, approximately 2,000 feet north of Blind Pass Park, and the road is now open to traffic.<\/p>\n

Repairs included hurricane debris removal, establishment of a new base, shoreline hardening, asphalt pavement, and pavement markings.<\/p>\n

The road reopened Saturday, but intermittent lane closures may be required to complete additional work.<\/p>\n

Drivers should Please use caution in the area and obey no parking signage.<\/p>\n

A portion of the road was washed out by hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024. <\/p>\n

Paying the price for living in paradise: A look at Manasota Key and Englewood after Hurricane Milton<\/p>\n

In March 2025, the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners directed staff to construct a temporary roadway while the design and permitting process for a permanent road is underway. <\/p>\n

Project work began in fall 2025, which consisted of the reconstruction of a temporary road to restore access between the north and south ends of Manasota Key.<\/p>\n

\"Storm<\/p>\n

Storm surge from Hurricane Milton crashed into Manasota Key on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, causing widespread damage and washing out the road. <\/p>\n

WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and\u00a0donate\u00a0<\/a>now. Thank you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarasota County Capital Projects has made temporary repairs to Manasota Key Road, approximately 2,000 feet north of Blind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-115334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}