Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. By a 4-3 vote, the commission approved a $40.5 million bid by Kamminga & Roodvoets Inc. of Tampa to widen Bruce B. Downs Boulevard from Palm Springs Boulevard to Pebble Creek Drive. The company, which is also known as K&R, submitted the lowest of eight bids for the job. ...more

November 5, 2009

Just a few months ago, Pasco County officials worried they wouldn't have enough money to pave the rest of Tommytown's infamous dirt roads. ...more

November 22, 2008

David Brown said he has not pursued what he considers a problem for either the recognition or the notice. He said he has done it out of principle. ...more

October 22, 2008

Hernando County has discussed two major capital improvement projects – a new judicial center and an expansion to the crowded jail. ...more

September 7, 2008

Items of interest from the July 28 Plant City Commission meeting and budget workshop included: ...more

August 6, 2008

The former police headquarters was reduced to rubble last week as a demolition crew began knocking down walls and hauling away the debris. ...more

June 25, 2008

PLANT CITY The former police headquarters is being reduced to rubble as a demolition crew using heavy equipment knocks down walls and hauls away the debris. ...more

June 20, 2008

An Alabama company has been awarded a $60 million contract to build a second economy parking garage at Tampa International Airport. ...more

January 10, 2008

Alabama and Florida officials will break ground Tuesday on a jointly funded project that will provide a four-lane hurricane evacuation route from the Florida Panhandle to Interstate 65 in Alabama. ...more

September 11, 2007

SEBRING — Paving companies did not, as county officials had hoped, lock in lower prices on asphalt for three years to lower the cost of road resurfacing. ...more

September 7, 2007