FDOT Presents Express Toll Lane Project At Public Workshop

More than 100 residents from around Tampa Bay attended the Florida Department of Transportationโ€™s public workshop to check out the proposed โ€˜Tampa Bay Expressโ€™ project, that will add express lanes to several sections of Tampa Bayโ€™s interstates.
More than 100 residents from around Tampa Bay attended the Florida Department of Transportationโ€™s public workshop to check out the proposed โ€˜Tampa Bay Expressโ€™ project, that will add express lanes to several sections of Tampa Bayโ€™s interstates.

By Matt Wiley

Attention Wesley Chapel commuters: 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 areaโ€™s most congested interstate highways. One of those express lanes could begin and end just south of Wesley Chapel.Continue reading

Not Many Improvements Planned For Morris Bridge Rd.

Although the River Landings and Two Rivers developments (above) will bring thousands more homes and vehicles to Morris Bridge Rd., there currently are no plans to widen the road through 2040 in either Pasco or Hillsborough County.
Although the River Landings and Two Rivers developments (above) will bring thousands more homes and vehicles to Morris Bridge Rd., there currently are no plans to widen the road through 2040 in either Pasco or Hillsborough County.

By Matt Wiley

Traveling south on Morris Bridge Rd. from S.R. 54, itโ€™s hard to imagine that there are thousands of homes planned for developments on both sides of the two-lane road (both north and south of the Pasco County line) that currently looks out over mostly rural and agricultural land. However, even with a massive amount of development on the horizon, there arenโ€™t many improvements in Pasco Countyโ€™s long-range transportation plan for the road that connects Wesley Chapel and Temple Terrace.

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Estancia At Wiregrass Cuts A Ribbon

A Feb. 11 ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the Estancia at Wiregrass community, located off Chancey Rd. in Wiregrass Ranch.
A Feb. 11 ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the Estancia at Wiregrass community, located off Chancey Rd. in Wiregrass Ranch.

After years of hearing about the thousands of residential units that will be coming to the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) in Wesley Chapel, Estancia at Wiregrass by Standard Pacific Homes has officially opened, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 11.Continue reading

Fire Trucks, Motorcycles Escort 9/11 Museum To Fairgrounds

Despite the rainy weather, more than 30 motorcycles, along with Hillsborough Sheriff deputies and Hillsborough Fire Rescue trucks, escorted the Stephen Siller Tunnels To Towers Never Forget 9/11 mobile museum exhibit to the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.
Despite the rainy weather, more than 30 motorcycles, along with Hillsborough County Sheriff deputies and Hillsborough Fire Rescue trucks, escorted the Stephen Siller Tunnels To Towers Never Forget 9/11 mobile museum exhibit to the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Feb. 9.

If you were on I-75 this afternoon in New Tampa or Wesley Chapel, there’s a good chance you saw Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue trucks and more than 30 motorcyclesย escorting a semi truck southbound. However, that was no ordinary tractor trailer.Continue reading