Memorial Day will be observed Monday, May 25.
Many local government operations will be suspended for the holiday.
The fare-free island trolley will operate on the holiday, but Manatee County Area Transit will not operate other fixed-route services or the Handy Bus service.
Residential trash or recycling pickups regularly scheduled for Mondays will be Tuesdays, and collection services may be pushed back through the week.
To close down 2000 parking spaces in Holmes Beach and not provide either a shuttle service or other parking spots is shocking. The merchants are dying and certainly the ‘locals” cannot support the island regardless of how many taxes you charge me……PLEASE encourage bicycles, golf carts, bus stops and car storage; maybe you could use the old KMART parking lot at 75 and Manatee and the Trolley could go there. It would alleviate a LOT of the frustrations. To just say “oh we are delighted to remove 2000 spots that annoy our residents”…..well EVERYTHING annoys many many of the residents….please come up with another area to park or transport people.