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SEMINOLE — Right this way, right this way!

CLEARWATER BEACH — Longtime Pinellas County Commissioner Karen Seel — jokingly referred to as “the queen of U.S. 19” for longstanding efforts to improve Pinellas’ main north-south roadway — has

TREASURE ISLAND — It’s unusual for a proposal that at least two city commissioners feel is unnecessary to be placed on the agenda for an upcoming work session. But that’s

Alternate U.S. 19 is a major Pinellas County artery that connects St. Pete with Clearwater and other communities along the highway’s length. And right now, Alt 19 is on Forward Pinellas’ radar.

Forward Pinellas recently tested new technology at Alt 19 and Curlew Road in Dunedin to analyze close calls at intersections.

The 2011 Community Planning Act rolled back decades of smart growth policies, allowing for the construction of hundreds of thousands of homes in vulnerable

CLEARWATER — Matt Croasmun had somewhere important to be the evening of Sept. 1.

Forward Pinellas was already planning to talk to Clearwater City Council about improving the streets for pedestrians and bikers, but after the loss of not just one, but three pedestrians in Pinellas and Pasco counties on Friday, the conversation comes with much more urgency.

Family members of a 15-year-old boy killed while walking to his school bus stop are continuing to push for change.