Following Milton, whose eye made landfall on Siesta Key, “it’s now more than two months later and it’s still 12 to 14 feet deep," indicating that, in the short term at least, it is stable.

What do Siesta Key residents think of the roundabout idea? In 2015, Siesta Key residents weren’t supportive of the idea of a roundabout at the Midnight Pass and Beach intersection.

For more than 40 years, locals have debated whether or not to reopen Midnight Pass, which separated Casey Key and Siesta Key and connected Sarasota Bay to the Gulf of Mexico until it was bulldozed ...

Since Syd Solomon and Pasco Carter Jr. received permission to close Midnight Pass in 1983 in an attempt to save their south Siesta Key homes, many area residents yearned for its reopening ...