When you pull off the interstate anywhere in Florida, chances are you're looking straight down a corridor flanked by gas stations and a Waffle House. ...more

January 27, 2008

The Port of Tampa already serves fast-growing Central Florida, but it will be positioned to serve markets in South Florida by 2015 when the Panama Canal expansion is completed, a canal authority official said Wednesday. ...more

January 24, 2008

TAMPA – Motorists leaving Tampa International Airport will have to wait one more day to get a quicker route to Interstate 275. ...more

December 21, 2007

Just in time for the holidays, motorists leaving Tampa International Airport will get a quicker route to Interstate 275. ...more

December 20, 2007

U.S. roads are full of unlicensed drivers who are in the country without permission. They're looking for work or commuting to jobs they illegally hold. ...more

November 18, 2007

A $9 million traffic management center officially opens today to help keep vehicles flowing along Tampa Bay area highways. ...more

October 19, 2007

More than 20 years ago, Hillsborough County commissioners responded to public concern by enacting a sign ordinance meant to control visual pollution along county roads. ...more

October 18, 2007

TAMPA - Electronic signs along the state's highways are lit up this morning, asking drivers to help track down a missing Polk County teenager who may be traveling with a convicted sexual offender. ...more

October 2, 2007

SEBRING –– Idea people are always energizing. Often praised by progressives and sometimes reviled by the status quo, they are exciting to be around regardless of your opinion. Ken Melvin is civic minded, always attending county meetings. He describes himself as a bull in a china shop and an eccentric. His home on Mi-La-Kee Avenue with its underwater mural airbrushed by artist Bruce Maltz is an example. Previously, Melvin was involved with recycling and demolition. Now his dream is to create a citizens' committee putting together a group of business people, newcomers and retired people. Last week he got appointed to a citizens committee, looking into an action plan to reopen Lake Denton. He wants to encourage anyone with positive ideas for government so money and taxes can be saved and positive plans made for the future. ...more

September 10, 2007