NEW PORT RICHEY -- With revenues declining, county leaders had to go the extra mile to stretch dollars for road construction projects in the next five years. ...more

July 23, 2008

Good-bye summer gas tax holiday. Hello, higher gas taxes. ...more

July 21, 2008

SEBRING –– Some Highlands County roads may sit a while longer before they're repaved, and other proposed projects may be pushed back due to an anticipated shortfall in sales tax revenues. The local one-cent sales tax that shoppers pay is used to build and maintain many of the roads, bridges and some other buildings throughout the county. For this fiscal year, County Budget Manager Tim Mechling said he expects only $7.8 million of the $9.1 million in sales tax revenue to come his way. The 15-percent anticipated drop in revenues mean that the county's infrastructure fund will have to do with less. . Though Mechling declined to mention specific projects that could be on the chopping block because the the county commissioners have not decided yet, Mechling said the county may delay several planned road resurfacing and some new construction. "It's something we're still working out," he said. ...more

July 6, 2008

There's been a trend in urban areas in the United States in which abandoned or deteriorated grand hotels from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are being refurbished and returned to their former grandeur. The Don Cesar Hotel on St. Pete Beach was a trendsetter in this respect, and the Vinoy in downtown St. Petersburg is another success. In Clearwater, the Belleview Biltmore is about to undergo a similar transformation. ...more

July 1, 2008

First the bad news: The moribund housing industry has put a major crimp in Pasco County's road-building plans. ...more

June 29, 2008

You might be used to road projects that take months, even years. How about three weeks? ...more

June 20, 2008

A respected developer whose proposal to build an apartment village got an icy reception in Bloomingdale can expect a warmer welcome for apartments it wants to build in downtown Tampa. ...more

June 20, 2008

ELLENTON You might be used to road projects that take months, even years. How about three weeks? ...more

June 19, 2008

Drivers on State Road 54 could get relief sooner than planned after county officials on Thursday put widening the highway east of Curley Road near the top of the county's list of priority road projects. ...more

June 13, 2008

Central Pasco's home-building boom may have ended for the moment, but the road-building boom is only beginning. ...more

June 12, 2008