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The 17-mile state project between Polk and Pasco counties will cost nearly $270 million and take four years to complete.

The state has been sitting on nearly nearly $110 million in federal funds intended to install fast charges and it’s not yet clear if it will meet a fast-approaching deadline that would free up another $88 million.

The female turtle was struck by a car early Wednesday morning. She died from her injuries a short time later.

The colors of the pride flag will be replaced by red, white and blue on the Sunshine Skyway for the Freedom Summer Tax Holiday.

HART's budget is on par with cities like Bridgeport, Connecticut and Buffalo, New York that each serve roughly 1.5 million fewer people.

Project leaders are aiming for a completion date by the end of 2024.

Recent study showed Florida ranks third in the country for pedestrian fatalities.

Law enforcement agencies in the Tampa Bay region are partnering together on a campaign called Target Zero. The focus is to one day have no fatalities or serious injury crashes.

A $1.16 million grant from the Florida Department of Transportation will allow the city to update its traffic signal equipment along 15 intersections on 66th Street and Tyrone Boulevard.

Tolls on the Sunshine Skyway, Pinellas Bayway, and Alligator Alley remained suspended during cleanup for Hurricane Ian.

The tolls were suspended on Sept. 26 ahead of Hurricane Ian making landfall.

Due to the rising Myakka River, I-75 is shut down in both directions from mile marker 179 (North Port / Toledo Blade Blvd) to mile marker 191 (Englewood / Jacaranda Blvd).