Driving Into The New Bottlenecks On Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

An editorial by Gary Nager

Since the day a couple of months ago when I found out that the “completion” of the widening of Segment A of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. doesn’t mean we now have four lanes available in both directions between Pebble Creek Dr. and Palm Springs Blvd. in Tampa Palms, I have been waiting for it: the inevitable bottlenecks snarling traffic for an hour or more on New Tampa’s primary arterial roadway.Continue reading

New Tampa Gateway Bridge Opens To Traffic — & The Lizard Tail 5K!

By Gary Nager

Since it opened to traffic on Feb. 27 — after Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn cut the ribbon in a ceremony sponsored by the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce — the new New Tampa Gateway Bridge (see page 8) has been helping reduce travel times for those who have been trying to avoid the still-problematic traffic on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd.Continue reading

New Tampa Gateway Bridge Opens To Traffic — & The Lizard Tail 5K!

By Gary Nager

Since it opened to traffic on Feb. 27 — after Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn cut the ribbon in a ceremony sponsored by the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce — the new New Tampa Gateway Bridge (see page 8) has been helping reduce travel times for those who have been trying to avoid the still-problematic traffic on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd.Continue reading