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Bob Buckhorn says he supports TBX project — thinks there’s a “middle ground” to satisfy the community

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Bob Buckhorn is optimistic that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) can come to find a “middle ground” with concerned Tampa residents as the state agency begins the process of adding express toll lanes to I-275 in Tampa. The plan, known as the Tampa Bay Express, would in total add express toll lanes to I-75 from north of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. to south of SR 674; On I-275 from south of Bearss Avenue to Gandy Blvd.; and on I-4 from…

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TBX foes to gather at County Center in Tampa tonight

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Back in August, the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization heard official testimony from over fifty people who strongly opposed the Tampa Bay Express (TBX) project that would add express lanes to I-275 and I-4. Several hundred other residents who live in the Seminole and Tampa Heights neighborhoods which would be directly affected by the plan also expressed their disapproval at the meeting. Despite that intense opposition, however, the members of the MPO – with one exception – voted unanimously in including the TBX plan into…

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$5M fence project to protect panthers on Alligator Alley

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State officials are spending more than $5 million on a fencing project designed to keep panthers and other large animals off Alligator Alley. The Florida Department of Transportation will start construction later this year on a project that includes 18 miles of 10-foot fencing and work on three animal underpasses east of the Naples-area toll booth. The Florida Wildlife Federation has advocated for years to have panther fencing along all of Alligator Alley, which stretches from Miami to Naples. Wildlife…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.6.15 – Chris Christie stuck in happy hour debate

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Nobody seems to be more upset about how the whole debate process for the Republican presidential candidates than Republicans. This, even after the RNC made such a big deal about how they were going to take control of the process this time around, after feeling they were hijacked by liberal moderators such as John King and George Stephanopolous in 2011-2012. It seems that the major problem simply is the fact that there are so many major candidates running, with 14…

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FDOT offers feasibility study in Tampa on “premium transit”

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Paul Steinman, the Florida Department of Transportation secretary for District 7, said Thursday that his agency is willing to work with HART on a feasibility study on premium transit in Tampa. It could include bus rapid transit, light-rail or working with CSX, but it’s unknown at this time. Steinman referenced the fact that FDOT has already committed $1 million with the city of Tampa on feasibility study for the streetcar. “We are excited to work with all our regional partners on premium…

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Can FDOT’s TBX be improved? Community meetings begin to attempt to address that

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Although if it went up for a popular vote in the Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, V.M Ybor and Ybor City it would probably go down to defeat, there is no indication that the controversial Tampa Bay Express project from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is going to be stopped anytime soon. But when the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization voted almost unanimously (despite overwhelming public opposition) in August to accept the TBX as part of their Transportation Improvement Project, they…

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FDOT’s express toll lane proposal gets thumbs down at Pepin Center in Tampa

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The public reaction to the Florida Department of Transportation’s proposed Tampa Bay Express project that includes toll lanes on I-275 and I-4 has been mostly negative since being unveiled earlier this year. But despite the criticism, it doesn’t appear that the project is going to be sidelined anytime soon. On Monday night, FDOT held an open house to show drawings and hear from community members regarding a 22-mile portion of the TBX plan on I-4 that would create toll lanes…

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