Drivers have been doing double-takes along a 12.5-mile stretch of U.S. 92, wondering whether they've witnessed the Sunshine State's version of Alaska's "bridge to nowhere." The boardwalks are part of a multimillion-dollar Florida Department of Transportation project alongside U.S. 92 between Eureka Springs and Thonotosassa roads. Transportation officials say plenty of pedestrians are expected to use the foot paths when all is said and done. ...more

October 6, 2008

With help from a state grant of $1.6 million and a housing developer's donation of about $80,000, Highlands County will go ahead with two major road improvements in the new 2008-09 fiscal year, which starts Wednesday. ...more

September 26, 2008

Here on the Hillsborough River, the tannin-stained water flows languidly past a mishmash of houses, apartment buildings and the occasional restaurant or marina. ...more

September 25, 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

McMullen Road will be closed overnight for the second time in less than a month. This time, the one-and-a-half-mile stretch between Boyette Road and Balm-Riverview Road will be closed for storm drain installation work by the county. ...more

September 3, 2008

Planning commissioners, property owners and residents can weigh in Monday on a proposal to boost commercial potential at two spots on North Dale Mabry Highway north of Van Dyke Road. ...more

September 3, 2008

U.S. 19 might take a turn for the better with a little help from the public. ...more

August 27, 2008

Ships began crawling up the Mississippi River at New Orleans in a tightly controlled procession Friday, two days after a massive oil spill shut down a stretch of one of the nation's critical commercial arteries. ...more

July 26, 2008

A proposal that would boost commercial potential at two spots along a northern stretch of North Dale Mabry Highway has residents fuming. ...more

July 9, 2008

A proposal that would boost commercial potential at two spots along a northern stretch of North Dale Mabry Highway has residents fuming. ...more

July 9, 2008