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Manatee County getting millions for Fort Hamer Road, Moccasin Wallow Road

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MANATEE COUNTY (SNN TV) – Manatee County as a whole fared better than Sarasota County did when it came to vetoes this year.

In the governor’s budget, $8 million is included to widen a segment of Moccasin Wallow Road 

According to the Herald-Tribune, the budget also includes, among other items, money to widen Fort Hamer Road from the north side of Fort Hamer Bridge to Moccasin Wallow Road. There’s also money to construct Parrish Fire District station #2, and $3 million for a second Fort Hamer two-lane bridge.

The governor also vetoed $20 million in funding for a Nursing/STEM facility at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. However, he approved $9 million for Phase I of the project to create a new State College of Florida campus in Parrish.