The East-West toll road might have some life yet. In a last-ditch effort to salvage the decades-old project, Mayor Pam Iorio said Monday she will ask the state's toll road authority, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, to consider building the three-mile highway between New Tampa Boulevard and Interstate 275. ...more

June 17, 2008

A plan to build a 3-mile road to ease traffic in North Tampa is dead. ...more

June 14, 2008

A plan to build a 3-mile road to ease traffic in North Tampa is dead. The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority, in consultation with the city of Tampa, killed the project Thursday, citing concerns about high toll rates, among other issues. ...more

June 13, 2008

Government Social Club Ongoing widespread staff wrongdoings and wrangling at county government suggest it is a well-endowed social club interrupted occasionally by work. Generously compensated people are paid by overtaxed citizens to be members of it. ...more

June 5, 2008

Scrutinize Tax Sales The article about the tax certificate auction ("Officials Prepare To Sale Tax Certificates," May 26) was informative but missed the most important point. ...more

June 1, 2008

Cynthia Hill racked up more than $3,000 in fines for unpaid tolls after her husband borrowed her car last summer to get to his job at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

May 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - For drivers on Florida's toll roads, the future will look a lot like the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

May 13, 2008

TAMPA - Cynthia Hill racked up more than $3,000 in fines for unpaid tolls after her husband borrowed her car last summer to get to his job at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

May 9, 2008

HUDSON - Here's what caused Crystal Guillen to make a bold change in her life: spending $350 a month on gas and tolls for her daily commute to MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

May 6, 2008

The proposed east-west toll road linking New Tampa to Interstate 275 could be roadkill by July. ...more

May 6, 2008