$2.3M FEMA grant to improve Sarasota traffic signals

Nearly two years after Hurricane Ian, the city of Sarasota has been awarded more than $2.3 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as reimbursement for the storm. 

As the result of Hurricane Ian in 2022, traffic signals in the city were damaged by the wind, which caused delays and increased the chance of crashes, according to FEMA.

Funding through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program enables governments to rebuild in a way that reduces or mitigates future disaster, the agency says in a statement.