Sarasota County and Hi Hat will also each pay at least $14 million to widen a one-mile stretch of Bee Ridge Road − from Bent Tree Boulevard to Lorraine Road – which would lead to the extension.

Sarasota County and Hi Hat will also each pay at least $14 million to widen a one-mile stretch of Bee Ridge Road − from Bent Tree Boulevard to Lorraine Road – which would lead to the extension.

Hi-Hat Ranch received approval in 2021 to build up to 13,000 homes on the sprawling property about four miles east of Interstate 75, near Lorraine Road between Fruitville and Clark roads.

Sarasota’s Hi Hat Ranch is one step closer to turning nearly 10,000 acres of green space into a development that could house almost 30,000 people.. Sarasota County commissioners voted Wednesday ...