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Florida Department of Transportation
The Scoop: Thu., April 18, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Suspended State Attorney running for re-election Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren announced on Tuesday that he will be running for re-election. WMNF’s Chris Young reports the announcement comes amid a long legal battle...
Downtown Tampa interchange improvements set for 2027 completion
Construction of the often-congested I-275 to I-4 interchange is expected to be completed in 2027. WMNF's Chris Young has the story.
The Scoop: Tues., December 5, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Criminal investigation of FL GOP chair The Republican Party of Florida is calling for a vote on the future of its chairperson, Christian Ziegler, who is under criminal investigation after a woman accused him of...
Tampa Bay Estuary Program: create breaches in causeways
Old Tampa Bay; it’s the most northerly section of the Bay and furthest from the mouth – where the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is located – so that leads to the water there being the most...
Urban Planner Joshua Frank on Radioactivity Wednesday
The Solution to Tampa’s Traffic Problem? Tear Down I-275? With its mostly elevated lanes, the interstate chops up communities and cuts through North Tampa, Sulphur Springs, Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, West Tampa and the Westshore...
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...
There will be a series of public meetings and workshops about the controversial interstate expansion project known as Tampa Bay Express beginning at the end of the month. Despite the upcoming meetings, some opponents of...
Transportation officials and TBX opponents debate the controversial interstate project
BY Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Wednesday we had a debate over the TBX project, the hotly debated interstate project that proposes to build toll roads in the middle the 1-4 and 1-275 interstates through the...
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...
FDOT seeks input on Coast-to-Coast trail
Florida is trying to complete a multi-use trail that would link St. Petersburg with the Canaveral National Seashore on the state’s east coast; the Florida Department of Transportation is organizing public meetings for input on...
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,...
