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Hillsborough state and local lawmakers celebrate bipartisanship in saving the Tampa Heights community center

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When the Florida Department of Transportation announced their plans to add toll lanes to I-275 in what is now known as the Tampa Bay Express project, Tampa Heights residents reacted in shock last year. FDOT officials said that as part of the ultimate construction of the project, there are properties in Seminole Heights and Tampa Heights that will be have to be removed – including the former Faith Temple Missionary Baptist Church on Palm Avenue that in the past five years…

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Rick Scott signs omnibus FDOT bill into law

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Gov. Rick Scott gave his signature on  Monday to a omnibus transportation bill making about a dozen changes to state law regarding the Florida Department of Transportation. Scott’s final approval of HB 7027 means numerous sundry changes for FDOT, one of the largest aspects of the budget and a prominent area of policy for Floridians who travel the state’s roads, railways, and waterways. Perhaps most notably, the bill enacts into law a proposal championed by Republican Speaker-to-be Rep. Richard Corcoran, whereby any proposed amendment to…

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Senate unanimously passes broad transportation bill, sends to House

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On Monday, the Senate unanimously passed HB 7027, a broadly worded bill that seeks to reform several policies and programs for the Florida Department of Transportation. After senators adopted a series of amendments, LobbyTools reports the bill now returns to the House. Among the amendments were adding language to encourage the development of transportation policy for the advancement of autonomous, driverless car technology. The Senate also removed a provision giving the Legislative Budget Commission authority to review amendments to FDOT’s work plan. The language…

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FDOT spokesperson admits that TBX will never be “palatable” for those affected by project

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The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit agency received an update on the Tampa Bay Express on Monday. The TBX proposal is a 45-50 mile system of express lanes in the Tampa Bay region that would be built along the medians of I-275 and I-4, and ultimately I-75. The proposed toll lane  project has angered many in the Tampa Heights/Seminole Heights community in particular in Tampa, as the project would make severely impact those neighborhoods. “The impact of the express lanes, unfortunately, is mostly…

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Maybe Polk County will build a toll road anyway

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Polk County business leaders and legislators are readying for a possible end run around the Florida Department of Transportation’s decision to postpone and perhaps even stop support for the Central Polk Parkway toll road … maybe a half-end run. Rep. John Wood, a Winter Haven Republican who has chaired the Central Polk Parkway Working Group, plans to discuss the creation of a Polk County Expressway Authority that will plan ways to keep the project alive. The working group meets 9…

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FDOT briefs Hillsborough MPO on upcoming “premium transit” study

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Members of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Organization (MPO) received a briefing Tuesday regarding the upcoming feasibility study of all “premium transit” options that the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting for the Tampa Bay area. Those options include bus rapid transit, light rail and commuter rail. HART has been assigned to conduct the study, and FDOT has allocated $1 million dollars and about 12 to 14 months for it. Ming Gao with FDOT went before the MPO to discuss how…

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FDOT official insists community meetings can mitigate deleterious affects from TBX plan

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An official with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) told the Tampa City Council on Thursday that local meetings currently underway with community members on trying to mitigate the potential negative affects of the massive Tampa Bay Express project on the neighborhoods can influence how the plan will ultimately be created. “That’s why it’s very important to be at that table, be engaged, come talk to us, let us know what the concerns, what you envision your community to be, ” said Lee Royal…

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