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Tampa traffic congestion7/25/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “It’s just really, really hazardous.”ĭuring the meeting, FDOT did hear some concern about the project.Ī representative from the Goodwill St. “I don’t ride over that Gandy Bridge, because it’s just not safe,” he said. After his mother witnessed a fatal crash between a cyclist and driver last year, Adelson refuses to bike anywhere near the bridge. The 16-foot path would be separated from vehicle traffic and give pedestrians and cyclists like Adelson a safe way to cross the busy bridge.Ĭurrently, the bridge does not have such an amenity. FDOT’s redesign of Gandy Bridge calls for a multi-use trail on the westbound side. “I mean, it is seven to nine minutes long at its worst.”īut the high schooler showed up to the Tuesday meeting to speak in support of the project for a different reason. “We call it the light where you could solve the world's problems,” he said. He is supportive of the FDOT project since it will look to alleviate frequent traffic congestion at the light where Gandy Boulevard meets his neighborhood’s access road, Brighton Bay Boulevard. Noah Adelson lives in Brighton Bay, a community located across Gandy Boulevard from the track. Pete and don’t want to access the local business or beach area will be able to go from, pretty much, I-275 over to the Gandy - South Gandy - in Tampa,” explained Bogen. “Not an express lane, but it’ll be separated - grade-separated - so that traffic, regional traffic, that wants to go from Tampa to St. According to FDOT, the current traffic levels on this stretch of Gandy Boulevard are already at an inadequate level and will only worsen with time.įDOT’s potential changes would look to make traffic flow more efficiently through the portion of Gandy Boulevard near Derby Lane Greyhound Track. Kirk Bogen, an environmental management engineer with FDOT, said the department is also looking to make changes to the portion of Gandy Boulevard in Pinellas County - just west of the bay - where traffic congestion is most noticeable. The older eastbound side would be demolished and rebuilt. To make that happen, the existing westbound side would be widened. in Tampa.Īccording to FDOT, the project would add a third lane on both sides of Gandy Bridge. Petersburg over Old Tampa Bay to S Westshore Blvd. Its project focuses on a seven-mile span of Gandy Boulevard that runs from 4th Street N. Though the process is still in its infancy and lacks most of the funding it will need to proceed, Tuesday night, FDOT engineers presented their tentative vision to dozens of people during a public meeting at the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center. Right now, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is designing potential improvements for Gandy Bridge to benefit drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. Major changes could eventually be coming to one of the bridges that connect Tampa and St.
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