RIVERVIEW - An old pipeline threading through Riverview to link Mosaic Fertilizer's processing plant to its water source at Lithia Springs has been leaking and causing headaches for motorists, including three road closures in the past month. Water from the pipeline washed out part of the road base of Riverview Drive in early June, leading to a section between Dean Street and Albyar Avenue being closed for several days. ...more

June 27, 2008

Work crews were busy last week installing and replacing power poles along U.S. 301 between Symmes and Rhodine roads. ...more

June 25, 2008

Riverview Drive East Of I-75 Closed For Month RIVERVIEW - A portion of Riverview Drive east of Interstate 75 has been shut down and might remain closed to motorists for up to a month. ...more

June 7, 2008

A portion of Riverview Drive just east of Interstate 75 has been shut down and might remain closed to motorists for up to a month. Hillsborough County officials on Tuesday authorized an emergency closing to allow work crews to fix a leaking Mosaic Fertilizer water line. The leak has washed out part of the road between Dean Street and Albyar Avenue west of U.S. 301, and workers must rebuild the road along with the pipe, officials said. ...more

June 4, 2008

State will be closing two westbound lanes of Interstate 4 beginning Sunday for repaving. ...more

May 30, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County will save $41,000 on the new traffic signal at Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard by having county crews do the project in-house. County commissioners approved the county's Road and Bridge Department and traffic department doing the job, with supervision by the county engineer's staff. The total project will cost $140,000, county Engineer Ramon Gavarrete told the commissioners Tuesday. That is more than $41,000 less than the cost of $181,427 to have a private contractor do the job, Gavarrete said. ...more

May 27, 2008

Instead of waiting for the state to review past assessment reports, the county plans to go ahead with the first step to clean up the former contaminated public works building off West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. ...more

May 8, 2008

Work crews Friday were expected to finish repairs on the Four Corners water main break and the southbound lane on Spring Hill Drive should be open today. ...more

January 25, 2008

Wearing shorts in January and clutching a satchel of road maps, Dave Kulow still enjoys two passions he discovered 50 years ago as a young missionary: a sunny climate and an interest in transportation challenges. ...more

January 17, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. work crews have received county permits to temporarily close lanes on three roads in South Hillsborough to replace power poles or install other equipment. Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 25. ...more

January 16, 2008