Tag: East Tampa

  • MPO looks at reconfiguration of Columbus Drive

    MPO looks at reconfiguration of Columbus Drive

    The MPO, IN PARTNERSHIP with the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County, is looking closely at Columbus Drive and 17th/18th/19thAvenues. These corridors are currently one-way pairs through Ybor City and East Tampa. Scheduled for resurfacing soon, local residents and business owners wanted to see if the roads could be transformed during the resurfacing to better […]

  • Tampa launches Bright Lights, Safe Nights program

    Tampa launches Bright Lights, Safe Nights program

    Mayor Bob Buckhorn announced in October an initiative to add 8,400 new streetlights in the city over the next five years. Tampa plans to spend $2.2 million increasing the total number nearly 30% above the current 30,000 streetlights. Buckhorn’s “Bright Lights, Safe Nights” program takes on a problem that contributed to the death of a […]