The city of Sarasota will temporarily close segments of Lido Beach beginning later this year as part of a major beach renourishment project.

State officials said higher-than-usual levels of the sickness-causing bacteria had dropped at North Lido Beach.

BEACH RENOURISHMENT ️City and county leaders announced a $12 million "comprehensive" coastal protection project to restore and fortify Lido Beach.

Lido Beach will remain open during the project, but certain sections of the beach may be temporarily inaccessible.

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County sent the advisory July 10 saying that tests on water samples taken Monday showed that North Lido Beach water quality "does not meet the ...

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Photographer Joseph Janney Steinmetz captured this scene that year, which shows a ballet instructor giving the Sun-Debs a movement lesson on the sunny shores of Lido Beach.

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