The city council is expected to make it official Monday by voting to reject a Florida Department of Transportation plan that would make Gall Boulevard a one-way street. ...more

November 7, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. By a 4-3 vote, the commission approved a $40.5 million bid by Kamminga & Roodvoets Inc. of Tampa to widen Bruce B. Downs Boulevard from Palm Springs Boulevard to Pebble Creek Drive. The company, which is also known as K&R, submitted the lowest of eight bids for the job. ...more

November 5, 2009

After more than a year of negotiating with the Florida Department of Transportation about the future of Gall Boulevard, city leaders are prepared to reject the $70 million road project. ...more

October 28, 2009

Hillsborough County has put the brakes on a plan to begin the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening before Christmas. ...more

October 23, 2009

The city appears to have lost its battle to keep two-way traffic on the Gall Boulevard section of U.S. 301. ...more

March 4, 2009

ZEPHYRHILLS -- The city appears to have lost its battle to keep two-way traffic on Gall Boulevard. The Florida Department of Transportation is planning a $70 million widening project, starting in 2015, but the design would convert Gall, also known as U.S. 301, into a one-way street for northbound traffic. All southbound traffic would be diverted to Sixth Street, which already is one-way. Both streets eventually would be widened to three lanes. ...more

March 3, 2009

You can expect more gridlock on New Tampa roads later this year as two major projects are scheduled to get under way about the same time. ...more

February 25, 2009

You can expect more gridlock on New Tampa roads later this year as two major projects are scheduled to get under way about the same time. ...more

February 25, 2009

Work on a major water pipeline along U.S. Highway 301 north of Sun City Center to Bullfrog Creek could affect water pressure in Sun City Center and Wimauma for the next three to four weeks. ...more

February 18, 2009

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