“People on the other side like the idea of living on a dead-end street,” says the City of Tampa’s Bob McDonaugh. (Photo: John C. Cotey) The Pasco Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) asked county residents last month to complete an online survey involving the Wesley Chapel Roadways Connections study, which took a detailed look at traffic improvements mostly within Meadow … [Read more...]
Roads, Roads and More Roads!
Florida Department of Transportation officials used matchbox cars to demonstrate how the diverging diamond interchange at I-75/S.R 56 will work. S.R. 54 is being widened, SR. 56 is being extended, and the intersection of I-75 and S.R. 56 is being fixed with a futuristic diverging diamond interchange, or DDI. All at the same time. It’s part of an expensive … [Read more...]
Is There A Smoother Future On The Horizon For New Tampa Blvd. Bicyclists?
The bike and pedestrian path along New Tampa Blvd. in West Meadows is showing its age. If bike and pedestrian paths are supposed to offer safety and comfort to those riding or walking on them, then the one running along the north side of New Tampa Blvd. in West Meadows has failed, say many of those who frequent it. That may, however, be changing. Jean Duncan, the City of … [Read more...]
Wesley Chapel 2017 Year In Review: Roads
Roads Busier, But Help Is Coming Name a road in Wesley Chapel, and you can probably also name a problem with it. S.R. 54 isn’t wide enough. S.R. 56 has I-75, making for one of the area’s worst junctions. And Bruce B. Downs Blvd….well, don’t get us started on BBD. And those are just the big roads. All across Wesley Chapel, the quick speed of development left a lot area … [Read more...]
New Tampa 2017 Year in Review: Roads
TOP STORIES OF 2017: Bruce B. Downs, Kinnan-Mansfield Fired Up Debates Things heated up on local roads in 2017, primarily the tempers of drivers who are finding the stretch of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. that slices through New Tampa more maddening than ever. While Segment A of the widening of the road is all but wrapped up, Segment D — from Pebble Creek Blvd. to County Line … [Read more...]
