Local officials say the best use of stimulus funding in the Tampa Bay area is to build a $463 million connector road between Interstate 4 and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. ...more

February 17, 2009

Local officials are betting the best use of stimulus funding is to build a $463 million connector road between Interstate 4 and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. ...more

February 16, 2009

A consumer watchdog group is blasting transportation officials for failing to push for federal stimulus money to fix bridges and expand mass transit. ...more

January 7, 2009

A consumer watchdog group is blasting transportation officials for failing to push for federal stimulus funds to fix bridges and expand mass transit. ...more

January 6, 2009

With Gov. Charlie Crist pushing ahead the work schedules of 179 road and bridge projects to jump-start Florida's economy, three road projects will start in Hillsborough County next year, including the 10-mile resurfacing of Interstate 4 from 50th Street to McIntosh Road. ...more

October 20, 2008

Florida is hitting the gas on road and bridge projects to create 39,000 jobs across the state, including the Tampa Bay area. ...more

October 17, 2008

Congress sent President Bush an $8 billion rescue package for the federal highway trust fund Thursday. The infusion comes as the trust fund, which relies on declining revenue from the federal gas tax, verges on going broke, threatening road and bridge projects in every state. ...more

September 12, 2008

The federal highway trust fund is running out of money, but the shortfall will not impact any road projects in Highlands County, according to the state Florida Department of Transportation. ...more

September 9, 2008

The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday. ...more

September 6, 2008

A year after the worst U.S. bridge collapse in a generation brought calls for immediate repairs to other spans, two of every three of the busiest problem bridges in each state - carrying nearly 40 million vehicles a day - have had no work beyond regular maintenance. ...more

July 31, 2008