While much of the attention has been focused on Washington, D.C., the site of the Great Health Care Debate, there apparently has been a bit of hanky-panky going on in Tallahassee. We refer to Wafflegate. This miniscandal takes its name from e-mail messages state transportation officials were sending back and forth during the run-up to the Legislature's recent approval of a funding measure for a proposed Central Florida commuter rail project. The officials allegedly were using terms like "pancakes" and "waffles" in the subject line of the e-mails in an effort to disguise the real subject matter of the messages from nosy pests such as the news media and public interest groups. ...more

December 26, 2009

Florida's commuter rail deal with CSX Transportation cleared its first House committee Wednesday, despite state estimates revealing that long-term costs will be near $2.7 billion. ...more

February 19, 2009

The county's Ridge Road extension could become a road to nowhere. ...more

February 18, 2009

The project connecting Interstate 4 to the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is running out of gas. ...more

January 29, 2009

The project connecting Interstate 4 to the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is running out of gas. ...more

January 28, 2009

DOT Announces Pasco 5-Year Plan The Department of Transportation plans to spend $53.7 million in Pasco County next year, the bulk of it on expanding the eastern end of Ridge Road to four lanes. ...more

December 24, 2008

Slow down, look both ways and cross roads at designated crosswalks, says a pedestrian road safety audit of the area surrounding Plant High School. ...more

December 24, 2008

More than 5,000 highway projects - including $980 million in the Tampa Bay area that help comprise the $7 billion dollars' worth in Florida - are ready to go, state transportation officials say, if Congress will only pony up $64.3 billion as part of an economic aid plan. ...more

December 15, 2008

The Department of Transportation plans to spend $53.7 million in Pasco County next year, the bulk of it on expanding the eastern end of Ridge Road to four lanes. ...more

December 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY The Department of Transportation plans to spend $53.7 million in Pasco County next year, the bulk of it on four-laning the eastern end of Ridge Road. State transportation officials were scheduled to reveal their proposed five-year transportation budget for Pasco at 10 a.m. today, when the county's metropolitan planning organization was to meet at the historic Pasco County Courthouse in Dade City. ...more

December 11, 2008