Wearing shorts in January and clutching a satchel of road maps, Dave Kulow still enjoys two passions he discovered 50 years ago as a young missionary: a sunny climate and an interest in transportation challenges. ...more

January 17, 2008

A proposal to increase the development potential of 58 acres on the north and south sides of Van Dyke Road, west of Gunn Highway, is meeting resistance from county planners. ...more

December 23, 2007

Plans for a special-use permit to allow all-night dirt excavation and hauling from an existing borrow pit off U.S. 41 near the Manatee County line have been withdrawn. ...more

November 28, 2007

You can't have the Seffner Elementary School in Brandon. That was one of the arguments from residents last week to try to persuade county officials to move the southern boundary of the Seffner Community Plan to Windhorst Road. ...more

November 24, 2007

Despite repeated assurances that a Brandon bypass or Tampa beltway running through rural Lithia had been axed from the South County Transportation Plan, the proposed road remained the hot topic of discussion at a public meeting at Pinecrest Elementary School on Monday. ...more

November 8, 2007

Despite repeated assurances that a Brandon bypass or Tampa beltway running through rural Lithia had been axed from the South County Transportation Plan, the proposed road remained the hot topic of discussion at a public meeting at Pinecrest Elementary School on Monday. ...more

November 8, 2007

A Delaware company is seeking permission to operate the county's first all-night borrow pit at an existing excavation site off U.S. 41 and near the Manatee County line. ...more

October 31, 2007

The often-delayed plan to build more than 300 homes on the city's southern edge will get its first real public airing next month. ...more

October 11, 2007

Some don't mind the new growth; others abhor it. But all agree the county hasn't done enough to prepare for it. ...more

October 10, 2007

Planners worried about future traffic congestion in fast-growing south Hillsborough County have suggested building two bridges across the Alafia River. ...more

October 8, 2007