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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 9, 2009

TAMPA - Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 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, also known as K&R, submitted the lowest of eight bids for the job.

The county's original engineer estimated the first leg of the Bruce B. Downs widening would cost as much as $72 million.

Thousands of drivers from north Hillsborough and south Pasco counties hop on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard for their daily commute only to find gridlock in New Tampa. About 60,000 vehicles a day travel that section of Bruce B. Downs.

Preliminary work on the first phase of the eight-lane widening will start within weeks, with construction scheduled to begin early next year.

Kenneth Knight

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