SCAT adds evening hours for mall routes

In anticipation of the opening of the Mall at University Town Center Oct. 16, Sarasota County Area Transit is adding additional services in the evening for several routes.

Effective Saturday, Oct. 11, routes 6, 12, 17 and 30 will have extended trips Monday through Saturday.

• Route 6: southbound route to Clark will stop at 10:08 p.m. at N. Lockwood Ridge Road and 17th Street; at 10:12 p.m. at Beneva and Fruitville Roads; at 10:19 p.m. at Beneva and Bee Ridge Roads; and at 10:25 p.m. at Beneva and Clark Road.

• Route 12: southbound route to the downtown transfer station will stop at 10:12 p.m. at 17th Street and U.S. 301; at 10:13 p.m. at U.S. 301 and 12th Street; and at 10:23 p.m. at First Street and N. Lemon Avenue.

• Route 17: southbound to Proctor Road will stop at 10:25 p.m. at First Street and N. Lemon Avenue; at 10:30 p.m. at Sarasota Memorial Hospital/ Waldemere Street and U.S. 41; at 10:35 p.m. at Westfield Southgate Mall; and at 10:40 p.m. at The Landings Shopping Center at U.S. 41 and Proctor Road.

• Route 30: eastbound to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center will stop at 10:14 p.m. at the hospital.

• Route 30: westbound to Walmart will stop at 9:50 p.m. at University Town Center/Worth Drive and DeSoto Road and at 10 p.m. at N. Lockwood Ridge and University Parkway.

"In an effort to continue to accommodate our customers, particularly employees and shoppers at the new Mall at University Town Center, we are enhancing service for these routes," said interim SCAT Director Rob Lewis in a press release.