With traffic expected to surge during the next decade, the agency that manages the Selmon Crosstown Expressway wants to widen the highway's elevated portion through downtown. ...more

July 6, 2008

A lightning bolt has sidelined resurfacing on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. ...more

June 30, 2008

Regarding "East-West Connector Is Dead In Its Tracks" (Metro, June 14): Just another example of local government inefficiency - except this time it worked in my favor! ...more

June 18, 2008

The East-West toll road might have some life yet. In a last-ditch effort to salvage the decades-old project, Mayor Pam Iorio said Monday she will ask the state's toll road authority, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, to consider building the three-mile highway between New Tampa Boulevard and Interstate 275. ...more

June 17, 2008

John Tortorella's departure might have saddened Tampa Bay Lightning fans but at least they won't have to scramble for change when they park under the Selmon Crosstown Expressway next season. ...more

June 16, 2008

A plan to build a 3-mile road to ease traffic in North Tampa is dead. ...more

June 14, 2008

Part of the multimillion-dollar legal fight over the 2004 collapse of two bridge piers on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway was resolved Monday. ...more

May 6, 2008

North Tampa's jammed roads might be the leading contender for the region's worst traffic. Thousands of commuters from northern Hillsborough and southern Pasco counties hop into their cars and trucks each morning only to get stuck in gridlock. ...more

May 5, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 4, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 3, 2008