TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve Interlocal Agreement Between the City of North Port and Charlotte County for Design, Engineering, and Permitting of Joint Road Widening Project (Cranberry Boulevard/Hillsborough Boulevard Intersection)
Recommended Action
Approve Interlocal Agreement Between the City of North Port and Charlotte County for Design, Engineering, and Permitting of Joint Road Widening Project (Cranberry Boulevard/Hillsborough Boulevard Intersection).
Background Information
The roadway network along Cranberry Boulevard at Hillsborough Boulevard and US41 is functionally inefficient and should be evaluated for geometric improvements before future development worsens this situation.
The separation between the Cranberry Boulevard/Hillsborough Boulevard intersection and the Cranberry Boulevard/US41/Cornelius Boulevard intersection is approximately 450 feet. The portion of the KIA dealership parcel of land abutting Cranberry Boulevard is presently undeveloped. The property owner of the undeveloped parcel of land between Salford Boulevard and Cranberry Boulevard has received development approval from the City of North Port. Development of both parcels is expected to increase traffic on the roadways at these intersections.
Cranberry Boulevard and Hillsborough Boulevard are both functionally classified as collector roads in the City of North Port's Comprehensive Plan. The current classification of Hillsborough Boulevard as a collector road may be changed to an arterial road in the future should a frontage road be constructed adjacent to the existing homes along the north side of Hillsborough Boulevard.
Hillsborough Boulevard, from its terminus at Cranberry Boulevard to its connection with Raintree Boulevard, is the boundary line between the City of North Port and Charlotte County. There in an Interlocal Agreement between the City of North Port and Charlotte Cou...
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