In effort to stop the proposed overhead expressway being built in our neighborhood.
Please click below for the THEA Project Advisory Group Contact List.
This includes all necessary contact information for the entire panel
of individuals who will vote on whether the proposed elevated highway on Gandy Blvd gets built.
This list would be a great way of contacting them, letting them know
of our strong opposition to the toll road extension over our
neighborhood.
Click here to view THEA Project Advisory Group Contact List PDF
by Kathy from Tampa.
The issue that has been gnawing at me concerns the use of an elevated Gandy as an evacuation route. Traffic on an elevated Gandy will compete with all other traffic entering the Crosstown. Unless there is a move to widen the Crosstown, traffic will back up on any elevated roadway and will NOT relieve traffic backed up on the existing Gandy bridge or the ground level Gandy Blvd.
Also, unless there is a move to widen the existing Gandy bridge and Gandy Blvd in Pinellas, afternoon westbound traffic on the elevated roadway will compete with traffic on Gandy entering the bridge, thereby backing up traffic on the elevated Gandy. Any elevated roadway will NOT alleviate traffic. Simple physics will tell you that it can’t.
by Jim @ Gandy Plaza
To my last email I wrote, I forgot the most important thing. When I was talking to that THEA Director, I ask why spend so much money if we are looking to take about 20 to 40 % cars off Gandy Blvd. Spending that much money for lets say 40% it is about 22,000 cars or less, at $138,000,000.00 is foolish. He said that THEA`s predictions is to take some cars off of the Howard Franklin and other roads (about 7,000 to 10,000 + cars) and encourage people to use Gandy. So I said you WANT more cars because you are looking out for your pockets. More cars traveled the more tolls paid. What about the increased traffic from the Gandy bridge to 4th street, St. Pete. Are you going to put up another bridge or express lanes in the middle so you can charge another toll? What about the ware and tear of the Gandy Bridge for the increase traffic of cars and trucks, so you would also increase that ware and tear and be forced to spend MORE money to keep the Gandy Bridge from becoming like the Friendship Trail Bridge. Keep that money for our existing bridges. I know, if you do not ues it you loose it. Then take that money and fix the Friendship Trail Bridge, so we can still keep the record as the longest walking bridge in the world. Then the director and his partner had to force me away and say that this meeting is OVER.
by Jim @ Gandy Plaza.
I was driving at one end of town and saw something similar to the Gandy extension. I took these pictures and thought they may be helpful in our case. Look at the pictures and let THEA, City of Tampa, and FDOT see what they would be creating. They would create vacancies, and loss of property value.
Continue reading ‘A picture is worth a thousand words, well here’s what may become of Gandy.’
by Donna M
Dear Senator Justice, Justice.Charlie.Web@flsenate.gov
I am a Florida resident and i am outraged that they took over 20 million dollars for a profit organization to lay the groundwork for a profit organization to make money!~that we could have they can spend money in other areas .. they put in 30 foot medians to support the roads, the very expensive decorative light posts are already lowered to go under the bridge.. we could have let them foot the bill and spent it on education! it is not right and if they need to widen the road they can take out the median!~ we paid for it! this is conspiracy! i agree with Bill W.’s letter!
Sincerely,
a registered voter in the state of Florida !
Donna M
Have they gone mad!. Not one but two roundabouts. This surely is the icing on the cake.
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