Shrinking Fruitville?

The city of Sarasota is quietly building support to shrink Fruitville rd from 4 lanes to 2. The changes would affect Fruitville Rd from Links Ave through to US 41. The plan also calls for 3 new traffic circles at Lemon, Central, and Cocoanut. We wanted to learn more about the project so we interviewed the deputy city engineer as well as a vocal critic of the plan. Here is what we learned.