Hillsborough County leaders pushing to get a slice of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus money have submitted a $436.5 million list of "ready to go" road, bridge and water projects. ...more

January 27, 2009

Motorists are driving less and buying less gasoline, which means fuel taxes aren't raising enough money to keep pace with the cost of road, bridge and transit programs. ...more

January 2, 2009

MANATEE COUNTY - If all goes as planned -- and so far it has -- the closed Anna Maria Bridge should reopen to traffic on Nov. 13. ...more

November 4, 2008

Traffic headaches begin today for Tampa Bay-area beachgoers headed to Anna Maria Island because for the next month and a half, a main bridge to the island will be closed for construction. ...more

September 29, 2008

Seventy-five students spent their holiday Monday tromping through muddy truck ruts and into algae-covered ponds picking up hundreds of smelly beer bottles and other litter left along the shores of the Alafia River. ...more

January 24, 2008

Activist Karen Wagner sees trouble in the piles of trash left by careless visitors on the banks of the Alafia River near the Lithia-Pinecrest Road bridge. ...more

September 26, 2007