New Tampa Projects Top MPO’s Priority List As Cross Creek Blvd. Widening Wraps

Construction continues along Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in Tampa Palms, but it may not be the last of it for southern Tampa Palms, even after the current project wraps in 2017.
Construction continues along Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in Tampa Palms, one of the Hillsborough County MPO’s top transportation project priorities.

By Matt Wiley

Determining which transportation projects take priority over others is a complicated process debated by several local planning groups. Recently, the latest five-year transportation plan for all of Hillsborough County was approved and several ongoing and future New Tampa road projects sit on top of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)’s 2015-19 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) priority list. One such project should even be completed as you’re reading this issue.Continue reading