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highways
The Florida budget helps speed 20 highway projects; part of a road in Hernando County will be named for Rush Limbaugh.
FDOT: TBX toll lanes shouldn’t be elevated through Tampa
The Florida Department of Transportation is shooting down the idea of moving proposed toll lanes from ground level to an elevated expressway in Tampa; Ed McKinney, an FDOT planning and environmental administrator, told Tampa City...
TBX opponents will protest before Tampa FDOT meeting
The Florida Department of Transportation is holding an information session Wednesday evening at the Seminole Heights Library to update residents on the controversial highway expansion project known as Tampa Bay Express, or TBX. But beforehand a...
Tampa Council members want consultant to study TBX
Some members of Tampa City Council are so enraged at a proposed interstate highway expansion that would cut through neighborhoods that they want to hire a consultant to analyze its impacts. Council members met Thursday morning...
How to protect yourself from wrong-way drivers
It’s a familiar story: last weekend two people, including a Hillsborough Sheriff’s deputy, were killed in a collision involving a wrong-way driver on the Selmon Expressway. Kris Carson, spokesperson for the Florida Department of Transportation,...
Seminole Heights residents have their say on TBX
Tampa area residents who want to find out about a proposal to add lanes and tolls to local interstate highways can learn more at a community meeting Tuesday at the Seminole Heights Library. The Florida Department...
