Community concern grows over common hit-and-run area in Tampa
According to FDOT, there were 71 pedestrian crashes, and 42 bicycle-related crashes between 2016 and 2020 on Nebraska Avenue in Tampa, Florida.
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According to FDOT, there were 71 pedestrian crashes, and 42 bicycle-related crashes between 2016 and 2020 on Nebraska Avenue in Tampa, Florida.
Barriers will block drivers' access to beachfront and mangroves but allow pedestrian access
The Florida Department of Transportation is studying 56th St. from Fletcher Avenue, south through Temple Terrace, across the Hillsborough River, all the way to where it becomes 50th Street.
Big changes are happening at a popular waterside hangout in Pinellas County. Officials are cracking down at Gandy Beach, blocking off the mangroves and large beach area to vehicles in an effort to protect the environment.
FDOT crews are drilling into the sand at Gandy Beach and putting up 880 wood posts to prevent drivers from parking on and in the mangroves.