Citizens upset that Hillsborough considering swapping part of Upper Tampa Bay Trail

Share

Last week the Hillsborough County Commission heard a proposal from a developer who wants to build 300 apartments on land next to the Upper Tampa Bay Trail. Alliance Realty Partners wants to build over part of trail and trade land nearby on which to divert the popular walking and biking trail.

Our guest on MidPoint was the only commissioner who voted against a plan to negotiate with the developer for the land swap. Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp used to host a talk show on WMNF, Last Call. She described the Upper Tampa Bay Trail and the outcry from the public to protect it from development.

Kemp voted against Commissioner Ken Hagan’s suggestion to leave the door open to negotiate with the developer about moving the trail.

Listen to the full show here:

 

Red tide update

Tons of dead fish have been collected from the Gulf of Mexico off Pinellas County. FOX13 posted photos online of a line of dead fish with discolored water behind it just offshore of Madeira Beach. A couple of weeks ago we posted on Facebook photos of small numbers of dead fish on south Pinellas Beaches.

The FWC posted this on Friday: “A bloom of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists in Southwest Florida and extends from Pinellas to northern Collier counties along ~120 miles of coastline. Observations of >1,000,000 K. brevis cells per liter (“high” concentrations) occurred in samples collected in or offshore of Sarasota, Charlotte, and Lee counties only. Relative to last week, multiple locations in Sarasota and Collier counties showed decreased cell concentrations.”

 

Video:

 

 

Leave a Reply

  • (will not be published)

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

You may also like

Richard Corcoran
New College alumni group ‘appalled’ at recent school controversies

Listen: New College of Florida, the small Sarasota school that...

The Scoop: Fri. May 23, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

WMNF headlines including hurricane season, Tampa protests, Pine Island Preserve...

COVID-19 closures
Gulfport bans beach smoking

The Gulfport beach ban prohibits cigarettes and other tobacco products,...

Ahead of the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Tampa protestors prepare to rally again

Listen: This weekend will mark the fifth anniversary of the...

Ways to listen

WMNF is listener-supported. That means we don't advertise like a commercial station, and we're not part of a university.

Ways to support

WMNF volunteers have fun providing a variety of needed services to keep your community radio station alive and kickin'.

Saturday Bluegrass Show
Saturday Bluegrass Show