US 301 Design-Build from Myrtle Street to Desoto Road

WGI was the engineer of record for this project which widened US 301 between Myrtle Street and Desoto Road along US 301 in Sarasota from four lanes to six. Drainage analysis required modification of existing permits to meet water quality and attenuation requirements. WGI designed treatment swales to correct chronic flooding along US 301 by collecting both on-site and off-site runoff. Span wire signals were upgraded to mast arms with video detection and railroad preemption. Because this was an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded project, an aggressive schedule was necessary to meet shovel ready requirements. Extensive utility coordination and relocation design was completed early in the process to facilitate an accelerated construction start date.