Carrollwood Village residents have plenty to say regarding traffic-calming measures under way in their neighborhood. ...more

June 28, 2008

The last time Tampa created a plan for growth, the city was hardly growing. ...more

May 18, 2008

Tampa drivers have a need for speed, at least when they hit Interstate 75. A report released Thursday says Tampa Bay area drivers have a heavier foot on "suburban/rural" highways, such as I-75, than drivers on the same type of roads in the seven other metro areas studied across the country. ...more

February 1, 2008

Tampa drivers have a need for speed, at least when they hit Interstate 75. A report released Thursday says Tampa Bay area drivers have a heavier foot on "suburban/rural" highways, such as I-75, than drivers on the same type of roads in the seven other metro areas studied across the country. ...more

January 31, 2008

Pasco Commissioner Pat Mulieri wants the county to consider changing the way it paves its many miles of dirt roads. ...more

January 5, 2008

Editor's Note: We are republishing this letter to the editor due to an error. We apologize for the error. It is good that our county leaders are seeking sound suggestions for the future growth of our county. It would have been more significant if they had actually accepted and followed through on suggestions in the last five years. ...more

December 27, 2007

It is good that our county leaders are seeking sound suggestions for the future growth of our county. It would have been more significant if they had actually accepted and followed through on suggestions in the last five years. For instance, a number of citizens had pleaded for alternate arterial roads parallel to U.S. 27. There are still no through arterial roads unless you count the Sebring Parkway, which has a number of traffic lights, and is a number of years from completion north of Avon Park. Even the 2025-year bypass from south Sebring will stretch west into Hardee County and come back to U.S. 27 in Polk County. Great concern had been expressed about development in wetlands and flood-plains, to no avail. The recent decision to rebuild State Road 8 at twice the cost, because of the low-lying topography, apparently ignored that concern. Even after the county government bought a number of houses in that area due to flooding, the county commission approved another permit to build in Venus. The fact that some areas in this county are un-developable apparently is not a logical deterrent to development. The issue of conserving water run-off has been in the news recently, and the related agencies have expressed concern about employing a number of measures to achieve that goal. This includes preventing pollution of our lakes. Rain run-off must have a place (wetlands and flood plains) where it can be filtered into the aquifer. ...more

December 21, 2007