Recently, in commenting on the planned four-laning of Ridge Road from Little Road to Moon Lake Road, we lamented the fact that another year was passing and Pasco County seemed no closer to winning permit approval to extend Ridge Road. It would be pushed east, from its current terminus at its junction with Moon Lake Road, to the Suncoast Parkway and perhaps later to U.S. 41. If it ever gets built the Ridge Road Extension would provide a badly needed third major east-west evacuation route out of West Pasco. ...more

January 7, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY -- County officials were to present commissioners this morning with a list of $1.4 billion in public works projects they say could be started in early 2009 if Congress passes the massive economic stimulus package proposed by President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

December 16, 2008

Monday night's transportation workshop turned into a battle of the boulevards when city officials insisted on displaying their plan for a Gall Boulevard facelift. ...more

December 3, 2008

Planning and zoning commissioners on Monday raced through their slim agenda in just over an hour. ...more

October 14, 2008

Planning and zoning commissioners on Monday raced through their slim agenda in just over an hour. ...more

October 14, 2008

Planning and zoning commissioners on Monday will consider a developer's request for a 57-acre shopping center on the county's eastside. ...more

October 12, 2008

Department of Public Works Director Charles Mixson, suspended without pay the last two weeks after a scathing disciplinary notice, returns to work today. ...more

September 16, 2008

Hernando County's 2008 budget just got fatter. But it didn't put on as many pounds as last year. ...more

December 7, 2007

Alabama and Florida officials will break ground Tuesday on a jointly funded project that will provide a four-lane hurricane evacuation route from the Florida Panhandle to Interstate 65 in Alabama. ...more

September 11, 2007