Project maps and video presentations on display Nov. 18 at The Palmetto Club at FishHawk Ranch impressed Judy Lambert of Brandon, but the traffic and development she witnessed on her way to Lithia astonished her. ...more

November 26, 2008

Kelly Cornelius didn't mince words at The Palmetto Club at FishHawk Ranch last week, where Hillsborough County put its plans to expand Lithia-Pinecrest Road to six lanes on the table. ...more

November 25, 2008

Project maps and video presentations on display Nov. 18 at The Palmetto Club at FishHawk Ranch impressed Judy Lambert of Brandon, but the traffic and development she witnessed on her way to Lithia astonished her. It had been 20 years since Lambert ventured that far south on Lithia-Pinecrest Road, the perpetually congested commuter route at the center of discussion that night at a Hillsborough County public workshop. ...more

November 20, 2008

Motorists running into gridlock on Interstate 75 might have an option in the next few years: Pay a toll to hop onto an uncongested lane. ...more

September 2, 2008

Bennie Conley gave out his first gallon of gasoline less than an hour into his afternoon shift. ...more

June 5, 2008

Carrollwood Village resident Alice Dicola uses the West Village Drive and Ehrlich Road intersection almost every day. There, she said she has noticed a dangerous pattern. ...more

May 31, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County will save $41,000 on the new traffic signal at Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard by having county crews do the project in-house. County commissioners approved the county's Road and Bridge Department and traffic department doing the job, with supervision by the county engineer's staff. The total project will cost $140,000, county Engineer Ramon Gavarrete told the commissioners Tuesday. That is more than $41,000 less than the cost of $181,427 to have a private contractor do the job, Gavarrete said. ...more

May 27, 2008

SEBRING — The busy intersection of Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard will be further improved for safety by adding a traffic signal and three turning lanes. The intersection, north of Sebring and south of Avon Park, is now a four-way stop. Highlands County Engineer Ramon Gavarrete said a traffic-crash problem at Memorial and Valerie was solved last year when traffic control there was upgraded from a two-way stop to a four-way stop. Now, Gavarrete said, a traffic signal is needed because traffic volume is expected to increase greatly when the new Memorial Drive Elementary School opens in late August. ...more

May 24, 2008

Traffic dramatically increased on Beacon Woods Drive shortly after the Wal-Mart Supercenter opened, so Pasco County officials are considering an additional left-turn lane into a parking lot entrance for the store. ...more

May 20, 2008

Costly And Ineffective Regarding "Commuter Rail Still Pursued" (Metro, May 11): ...more

May 18, 2008