The Florida Department of Transportation has yet another change for commuters wending through the ever-shifting maze of roadwork around Tampa International Airport. The agency says the latest alterations to the complex traffic patterns are among the final changes. ...more

December 9, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol reopened Interstate 4 this morning around 3:30 a.m. Authorities had closed two eastbound lanes of I-4 near Williams Road Monday afternoon after a Tampa Electric project caused part of the highway to buckle. ...more

December 8, 2009

The state's transportation future will be shaped this week by one clear, difficult choice. If modern passenger rail service is to come to Florida any time soon, the Legislature must pass a new law in special session that sets up a statewide structure to oversee and help pay for regional and city-to-city trains. ...more

December 6, 2009

Relief is on the way for the congested stretch of U.S. 19 south of Gulf to Bay Boulevard. ...more

December 5, 2009

I have done what I swore I would never do because I thought it was a waste of money. ...more

December 2, 2009

Political seasoning Regarding Guy Kenney's letter, "Getting really tired of professional, power-hungry politicians in Florida" (Nov. 26), what is this guy talking about? Jim Norman has been in only one office during his political career, and that's as a Hillsborough County commissioner. He had two terms in one district and two terms in a countywide district. He has to seek another office because of term limits. ...more

December 1, 2009

In 1985 Gov. Bob Graham's administration placed an important legal framework in place in Florida to control rampant, undisciplined growth that threatened wetlands, induced traffic congestion and promoted random sprawl. Until that landmark legislation, developers virtually built where they pleased, and taxpayers had to follow with schools, roads, sewers and the rest of the infrastructure that necessarily followed development. ...more

November 29, 2009

Regarding "Pasco city right to challenge pushy DOT," Our Opinion, Nov. 19: The editorial is replete with assumptions and omissions that insinuate and greatly skew the underlying message - that Zephyrhills is the only entity that has the sole right to decide whether a one-way route should be constructed for U.S. 301 in the city limits. ...more

November 27, 2009

Don't expect to use the Cass Street bridge this weekend. The bridge, which was shut down for repairs this year after it was deemed "structurally deficient," was expected to be open by the end of this month but likely will remain closed until early 2010. ...more

November 24, 2009

Zephyrhills is no longer a sleepy little town predominantly known as an escape from the brutal winters of the North and Midwest. ...more

November 19, 2009