HART Won’t Change New Tampa’s Express Bus Service

The New Tampa area currently only has a single express bus route that takes commuters from as far as Wesley Chapel to downtown Tampa twice per day during the work week.
The New Tampa area currently only has a single express bus route that takes commuters from as far as Wesley Chapel to downtown Tampa twice per day during the work week.

By Matt Wiley

Although it’s not always obvious, public opinion sometimes can have a strong effect on shaping policy. In the case of a proposed change to New Tampa’s lone bus route — Route 51X — public comments apparently made all of the difference.Continue reading

FDOT Hosting Public Meeting For Express Lane Project TONIGHT

By Matt Wiley

If you could, would you pay a little extra to avoid snarled interstate traffic on the way to work? The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) hopes so, as it has announced a concept that could add express toll lanes to several of the Tampa Bay area’s most congested interstates. One of those express lanes could begin and end right here in New Tampa and a meeting is being held tonight to gather public comments.Continue reading

Bruce B. Downs ‘Segment A’ Construction Officially Under Way

A construction sign on Bearss Ave. warns drivers that the next section of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. widening officially has begun.
A construction sign on Bearss Ave. warns drivers that the next section of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. widening officially has begun.

By Matt Wiley

Although work continues on the widening of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. underneath I-75 that will complete BBD “Segments B & C,” work has begun on “Segment A” —which will widen New Tampa’s main thoroughfare from four to eight lanes from Palm Springs Blvd. in Tampa Palms south to Bearss Ave. 

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