The Florida Legislature, with the support of most Tampa Bay area lawmakers, has made it possible for the state to build a modern rail transit system. Good job. ...more

December 10, 2009

The Florida Department of Transportation has yet another change for commuters wending through the ever-shifting maze of roadwork around Tampa International Airport. The agency says the latest alterations to the complex traffic patterns are among the final changes. ...more

December 9, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol reopened Interstate 4 this morning around 3:30 a.m. Authorities had closed two eastbound lanes of I-4 near Williams Road Monday afternoon after a Tampa Electric project caused part of the highway to buckle. ...more

December 8, 2009

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The crowded airspace over the Hudson River, where nine people died in the collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, will be split into a low-altitude zone for local traffic and a higher one for longer-distance flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said today. ...more

November 16, 2009

Commuters passing through the junction of Interstates 75 and 275 may have noticed something missing recently. The state Department of Transportation has been busy clearing acres of trees and other vegetation as it prepares to build two new off-ramps for traffic destined for State Road 56. ...more

November 16, 2009

Commuters passing through the junction of Interstates 75 and 275 may have noticed something missing recently. ...more

November 15, 2009

With months to go before construction starts, the widening of State Road 54 is already shaping up to be one of the most expensive road projects Pasco County has undertaken. ...more

October 31, 2009

Lithia Pinecrest Road at Orangewalk Drive, just south of Lumsden Road, is closed in both directions as Tampa Electric Co. removes a power pole and electric lines knocked to the ground, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 19, 2009

Tuesday's expressway authority meeting is promising to be livelier than usual. South Tampa businesses say they're not happy with plans by the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority to extend the Selmon Crosstown Expressway to Gandy Bridge. ...more

April 13, 2009

Sen. Paula Dockery admits she is more than a little annoyed. During one of the state's worst budget years in recent memory, she is once again compelled to fight a $641 million deal to buy 61 miles of track from CSX for a commuter rail system. ...more

March 27, 2009