LAND O' LAKES - Work has begun on Sunlake Boulevard, a long-planned major north-south roadway between U.S. 41 and the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

February 15, 2008

Two years of construction at U.S. 301 and Big Bend Road are nearing an end, but not without hiccups. ...more

February 6, 2008

Regarding, "Cameras Could Improve Safety," (Letters, Jan. 7): Red-light running cameras are about money, not safety. Peggy Warren-Sipes wrote that Seattle invested $420,000 in cameras and netted $1.1 million in related ticket revenues. Concerns exist that if cities profit from cameras, they will not invest in needed traffic signal engineering improvements that reduce violations and crashes. ...more

January 23, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring Parkway will be closed Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., between Sandra Boulevard and Ben Eastman Road as Progress Energy relocates seven high-voltage cables at the Scenic Highway intersection. ...more

January 14, 2008

PARRISH - Residents of The Gardens, a retirement community, feared that someone would be killed crossing U.S. 301 to get to a new Publix. ...more

January 10, 2008

TAMPA - Drivers trying to leave Tampa International Airport toward Clearwater will have to take an alternate route because of a tractor-trailer crash closing an exit ramp to State Road 60. ...more

December 13, 2007

Business as usual for merchants along the west side of 56th Street south of Busch Boulevard might become difficult. ...more

December 8, 2007

SEBRING — A traffic signal will be added to the intersection of Scenic Highway and Sebring Parkway within six months. Sebring City Council approved at Tuesday's meeting spending $75,000 for the $150,000 project. Ramon Gavarrete, county engineer, said the county has been considering a signal at the intersection since the Parkway opened in 2002. Traffic is now at a high enough capacity that a signal is warranted, Gavarrete said. ...more

November 22, 2007

Residents opposed to a Wal-Mart store at S.R. 54 and Grand Boulevard hope to make peace with the nation's largest retail chain. Cynthia Besio and other opponents think a Supercenter with 205,000 square feet is just too big for the southwest corner with about 26 acres. The current Wal-Mart plan also creates some very awkward traffic flow patterns, they think. ...more

November 14, 2007

Even though a proposed Wal-Mart store at S.R. 54 and Grand Boulevard, in the Holiday area, got the go-ahead from county officials Thursday, residents vow to appeal the decision to the County Commission. ...more

November 9, 2007