Pinellas County public works engineers expect a preliminary report soon on why 2,700 pounds of concrete chunks rained down from the new Belleair Causeway Bridge during a construction mishap February 6. ...more

March 16, 2009

Pinellas County public works engineers expect a preliminary report as early as today on why 2,700 pounds of concrete chunks rained down from the new Belleair Causeway Bridge during a construction mishap February 6 ...more

March 12, 2009

County commissioners on Tuesday voted 5-0 to approve a $2 million budget amendment to hire a consulting engineer and begin expansion of the Ridge Manor Wastewater Treatment Plant. ...more

June 5, 2008

A $13.6 million expansion of Hillsborough County's waste-to-energy plant will go forward despite opposition from a county commissioner who said the contract is flawed. ...more

February 6, 2008

AVON PARK — Water has been gushing out of a faulty water valve at the site of the old Walker Memorial Hospital for at least a month, creating a small, steady stream down U.S. 27's southbound curb near the Polk County line. Avon Park's Public Works Department, which supplies water to that area, has been aware of it for that long. But if it wasn't for the yellow tape surrounding what now resembles a small spring off the side of the highway, there would be no visible sign suggesting that they knew about the problem. ...more

January 16, 2008