By Matt Wiley
Construction continues in New Tampa along Cross Creek Blvd., as crews work to add additional lanes that will make the road two lanes in each direction from Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. east to Morris Bridge Rd.
The nearly $4.9-million widening project that began in May is adding two additional lanes south of the existing lanes between just east of the entrance to Cory Lake Isles to Morris Bridge Rd., spanning about two miles.
“The project is on time and on schedule,” says City of Tampa traffic manager Jean Duncan. “October 6, 2015, is our target date.”
Duncan says that the lanes, which will open all at once, likely will be carrying traffic in September, with the final days used to make sure that all contractual obligations have been met by Kamminga & Roodvoets (K & R), Inc., which is the construction company widening the road. K & R is the same group that completed Segments B-C of Hillsborough County’s BBD-widening project (see stories on pg. 1).
Duncan explains that the construction along the Cross Creek corridor has been relatively easy because there aren’t many utility conflicts or conflicts with side streets, since most of the homes along the road are in gated communities, such as Heritage Isles and Cory Lake Isles. In fact, Duncan says, K & R has only lost six construction days due to weather delays.
In addition to the new construction, the existing Cross Creek lanes will be ground down and resurfaced to match the new lanes. Duncan says that if it were to just be resurfaced, it would change the elevation of the road and affect drainage.
“Cross Creek Blvd. is going to look like a completely new road when it’s finished,” Duncan says.
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