You can expect more gridlock on New Tampa roads later this year as two major projects are scheduled to get under way. Steve Daignault, Tampa's public works director, said construction of a bridge over Interstate 75 linking New Tampa Boulevard to Commerce Park Boulevard is expected to begin by October. The city will seek bid requests beginning in March. The city plans to launch the controversial $22 million project about the same time Hillsborough County begins widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Tampa Palms. ...more

February 13, 2009

WASHINGTON - At least Route 31 is a road to somewhere. President Barack Obama had it both ways when he promoted his stimulus plan in Indiana and later at a prime-time news conference. He bragged in Indiana about getting Congress to produce a package with no pork, yet boasted it will do good things for a Hoosier highway and a downtown overpass, just the kind of local projects lawmakers lard into big spending bills. ...more

February 10, 2009

After nearly two years of detours, noise and traffic slowdowns, engineers say the new high-rise Belleair Causeway bridge, complete with 8-foot sidewalks and bike lanes in both directions, is just a few months away from handling traffic. ...more

January 3, 2009

Using a method likely perfected by the builders of the Egyptian pyramids, workers at the Belleair Causeway bridge just reached a milestone in construction. ...more

January 2, 2009

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday she thinks Barack Obama regrets not making Hillary Rodham Clinton his running mate. ...more

September 13, 2008

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday she thinks Barack Obama regrets not making Hillary Rodham Clinton his running mate. ...more

September 12, 2008

Gov. Sarah Palin was for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" before she was against it, a change of position the GOP vice presidential running mate ignored Saturday when she bragged about telling Congress "thanks but no thanks" to the pork barrel project. ...more

September 1, 2008

C.J. Peck of Tarpon Springs proposes alternative to closing causeway and beach at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs for the entire 2009 summer. ...more

July 26, 2008

The city has awarded a $439,000 contract for engineering and environmental studies to widen the final segment of Cross Creek Boulevard. ...more

July 5, 2008

NEW TAMPA - The city has awarded a $439,000 contract for engineering and environmental studies for widening the final segment of Cross Creek Boulevard. ...more

July 2, 2008