Bayshore Boulevard will be losing its thump-thump this summer. Starting Saturday, the Hillsborough County Public Works Department will begin repairs on the northbound and southbound lanes of the road between the Davis Islands Bridge overpass and Rome Avenue. ...more

July 17, 2009

Flooding has closed a major access highway to Tampa International Airport, while flights continue to be delayed this morning. ...more

July 1, 2009

Alligator Alley will open for a few hours even as wildfires continue to pour over the highway. ...more

April 28, 2009

Weather conditions in the Everglades won't provide much help for crews battling a wildfire that has grown to more than 4,000 acres and closed Interstate 75 across the state. ...more

April 23, 2009

Starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, personnel from the Hillsborough County Public Works Department will close the inside eastbound and westbound lanes of Bearss Avenue at Livingston Avenue and the southbound left-hand turn lane of Livingston Avenue. The closure is scheduled to continue until 5 p.m. Monday. The closures are necessary to complete repairs to a sinkhole that formed in the median of the road. The county has completed preliminary efforts to stabilize the sinkhole with sand, but needs to complete the repairs by grouting the hole. ...more

April 6, 2009

Officials have opened all roads in Pasco County closed this morning by smoke from a 300-acre brush fire. Smoke from the smoldering fire forced the sheriff's office to close Ehren Cutoff from State Road 52 to U.S. 41. ...more

March 30, 2009

A man with a bicycle was killed by a dump truck today in the 5600 block of West Waters Avenue, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 12, 2009

Traffic on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard is so bad North Tampa residents reschedule appointments, leave as much as an hour early to get to work or just stay home rather than get trapped in the bumper-to-bumper, rush-hour grind. ...more

March 2, 2009

TAMPA -- Sure, with the Eagles in town and the Super Bowl approaching, traffic was bad Thursday night. But it was better than Wednesday. Still, the city's transportation officials are expecting more jammed conditions tonight, as pre-Super Bowl festivities combine with afternoon rush hour and the crowds attending tonight's hockey game. ...more

January 30, 2009

A 48-year-old man died on Interstate 75 in Manatee County about 8:55 a.m. today after trying to retrieve a ladder that had fallen from his vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 21, 2009