A 36-year-old Zephyrhills woman died after she was partially thrown from her 1976 Ford that flipped into a deep ditch last night. ...more

July 5, 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

A tardy and fitful start to the summer rainy season and a dry end of spring mean the Hillsborough River is lower than it should be at this time in June, and Tampa water customers will see a small bump in bills because of it. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA - A tardy and fitful start to the summer rainy season means the Hillsborough River is lower than it should be in the middle of June and is costing Tampa water customers about $44,000 a day. ...more

June 17, 2008

Drivers on State Road 54 could get relief sooner than planned after county officials on Thursday put widening the highway east of Curley Road near the top of the county's list of priority road projects. ...more

June 13, 2008

The development of a new Hess gas station at the corner of State Road 54 and Eiland Boulevard has stalled while county officials wait for the builder to provide a traffic study. ...more

June 2, 2008

Discussion about putting the kibosh on New Tampa's east-west toll road dominated Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's transportation summit Monday, but it wasn't the only news to come out of the regional roundtable. ...more

May 10, 2008

NEW TAMPA - Discussion about putting the kibosh on New Tampa's east-west toll road dominated Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's transportation summit Monday, but it wasn't the only news to come out of the regional round table. And the $150 million toll road, which would connect Tampa Palms to Interstate 275, wasn't the only project to suffer from lack of funding. Officials from Hillsborough and Pasco counties, Tampa and the Florida Department of Transportation took turns giving updates on road projects in various stages of development. ...more

May 7, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 4, 2008