Rose Ferlita made the switch from Tampa city council to the Hillsborough County commission nearly a year ago. ...more

October 20, 2007

Monday night's Balm Civic Association meeting was about planning - more specifically, the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan. ...more

October 20, 2007

With a 5-2 vote, Hillsborough County commissioners approved a $500 million transportation improvement plan Wednesday that will consume much of the remaining revenue from the Community Investment Tax. ...more

October 18, 2007

County commissioners agreed to review the development of the South County Transportation Plan after several residents complained Wednesday, saying a top transportation official misled the public about a bypass that would direct more traffic through parts of eastern Hillsborough. ...more

October 18, 2007

TAMPA - County commissioners agreed to review the development of the South County Transportation Plan after several residents complained Wednesday, saying a top transportation official misled the public about a bypass that would direct more traffic through parts of eastern Hillsborough. ...more

October 17, 2007

TAMPA - With a 5-2 vote, Hillsborough County commissioners approved a $500 million transportation improvement plan Wednesday that will consume much of the remaining revenue from the Community Investment Tax. ...more

October 17, 2007

Regarding 'Bracing For Boom, Bridges On Alafia' (Metro, Oct. 8): There is a push by the 'growth machine' to add two bridges over the Alafia River and build a bypass road from north Manatee County to Brandon, among other things, to cope with what Ned Baier, manager of Hillsborough's Transportation and Land Development Review Division, says is the 'fastest growing area of the county.' ...more

October 12, 2007

It's back. The on-again, off-again proposed superhighway around Brandon, Sun City Center, Apollo Beach and Riverview has been drawn on a long-range transportation planning map that could go to elected officials for inclusion in Hillsborough's Comprehensive Growth Management Plan. ...more

October 11, 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

The county has delayed action on the updated South County Transportation Plan and that has caused concern for some south county leaders who helped draft the plan. ...more

October 4, 2007