The entrance ramp from the Pinellas Bayway to Interstate 275 is expected to remain closed until Thursday as workers repair a hole created by an out-of-control cement mixer, the Florida Department of Transportation said this morning. ...more

December 15, 2009

A cement truck flipped over onto an Interstate 275 entrance ramp Monday afternoon, gouging out a huge hole and shutting down the ramp until at least Thursday evening. The damage - a hole measuring 28 feet by 6 feet by about 8 inches deep - happened when the truck hit the center guard rail exiting on 54th Avenue South and flipped over onto the entrance ramp. The Department of Transportation hopes to have one lane open by late Thursday. The truck's driver, 58-year-old Stanley Smith of Bradenton, suffered minor injuries. ...more

December 15, 2009

The ramp from 54th Avenue S. to Interstate 275 will be closed until at least late Thursday after a concrete truck accident gouged a huge hole in the roadway. ...more

December 14, 2009

Despite the economic downturn, Pasco County and the state's Department of Transportation continue to move ahead on a variety of road projects. ...more

December 12, 2009

The Florida Department of Transportation has yet another change for commuters wending through the ever-shifting maze of roadwork around Tampa International Airport. The agency says the latest alterations to the complex traffic patterns are among the final changes. ...more

December 9, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol reopened Interstate 4 this morning around 3:30 a.m. Authorities had closed two eastbound lanes of I-4 near Williams Road Monday afternoon after a Tampa Electric project caused part of the highway to buckle. ...more

December 8, 2009

The state's transportation future will be shaped this week by one clear, difficult choice. If modern passenger rail service is to come to Florida any time soon, the Legislature must pass a new law in special session that sets up a statewide structure to oversee and help pay for regional and city-to-city trains. ...more

December 6, 2009

Relief is on the way for the congested stretch of U.S. 19 south of Gulf to Bay Boulevard. ...more

December 5, 2009

I have done what I swore I would never do because I thought it was a waste of money. ...more

December 2, 2009

Political seasoning Regarding Guy Kenney's letter, "Getting really tired of professional, power-hungry politicians in Florida" (Nov. 26), what is this guy talking about? Jim Norman has been in only one office during his political career, and that's as a Hillsborough County commissioner. He had two terms in one district and two terms in a countywide district. He has to seek another office because of term limits. ...more

December 1, 2009