Transportation Workshop Set Thursday

SPRING HILL - County residents will get the chance to pick their preferred method of mass transit during a July 31 workshop sponsored by the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA).
The workshop is part of TBARTA's effort to develop a transportation master plan for the seven-county West Central Florida region, including Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota counties.
TBARTA recently completed phase one of the master plan development, in which the public provided comments on where transit service should be located to serve regional transportation needs.
During the second phase, TBARTA will hold a series of workshops throughout the region and ask people what type of transit mode would be best for each of the transportation corridors. Some of the transit mode options that will be evaluated are bus rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, managed lanes and waterborne transit.
The workshop is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at the Holiday Inn Express, 3528 U.S. 19 in Spring Hill.
For more information on TBARTA and the master plan, visit www.tbarta.com or call 813-217-4048.

County Accepting Council Applications

BROOKSVILLE The county is accepting applications from people who want to serve on the Well Florida Council board of directors for a two-year period, ending September 2010.
Well Florida is a nonprofit organization that seeks community input in the planning of health care facilities. For more information, call 352-754-4002.

Sinkhole In Road Is Filled

A sinkhole that opened up at 168 Oak Lane Drive late Tuesday afternoon was filled in by county workers Wednesday.
The detour has been lifted and Oak Lane Drive, in the Rainbow Hills subdivision off County Line Road, is back open to traffic.