By Matt Wiley
While it looked hopeful in November, when Pasco County officials reached out to the City of Tampa and the developers of K-Bar Ranch about connecting the city and Pasco County through Kinnan St. in New Tampa and Mansfield Blvd. in Wesley Chapel, negotiations once again have come to a standstill.Continue reading
An editorial by Gary Nager
Since the day a couple of months ago when I found out that the âcompletionâ of the widening of Segment A of Bruce B. Downs (BBD)âBlvd. doesnât mean we now have four lanes available in both directions between Pebble Creek Dr. and Palm Springs Blvd. in Tampa Palms, Iâhave been waiting for it:âthe inevitable bottlenecks snarling traffic for an hour or more on New Tampaâs primary arterial roadway.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Since it opened to traffic on Feb. 27 â after Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn cut the ribbon in a ceremony sponsored by the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce â 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)âBlvd.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Since it opened to traffic on Feb. 27 â after Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn cut the ribbon in a ceremony sponsored by the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce â 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)âBlvd.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Sorry, This Time, I Got It Wrong On Lee Roy Selmonâs
Unfortunately, we havenât been able to get confirmation about whether or not MVPâHoldings Tampa, the parent company of Lee Roy Selmonâs, has been negotiating on a different piece of property on S.R. 56 than the one we reported in our last issue, but what we do know is that Selmonâs is not coming to that site.Continue reading