After more than a year of negotiating with the Florida Department of Transportation about the future of Gall Boulevard, city leaders are prepared to reject the $70 million road project. ...more

October 28, 2009

Local officials are asking the state to come up with a plan more quickly for how the Howard Frankland Bridge could accommodate a light-rail line. ...more

October 24, 2009

Department of Transportation officials said they won't try to ram through an unpopular road project against the city's wishes. ...more

March 11, 2009

The city appears to have lost its battle to keep two-way traffic on the Gall Boulevard section of U.S. 301. ...more

March 4, 2009

ZEPHYRHILLS -- The city appears to have lost its battle to keep two-way traffic on Gall Boulevard. The Florida Department of Transportation is planning a $70 million widening project, starting in 2015, but the design would convert Gall, also known as U.S. 301, into a one-way street for northbound traffic. All southbound traffic would be diverted to Sixth Street, which already is one-way. Both streets eventually would be widened to three lanes. ...more

March 3, 2009

The Florida Department of Transportation may reverse itself on making Gall Boulevard a one-way road. ...more

December 10, 2008

The Florida Department of Transportation may reverse itself on making Gall Boulevard a one-way road. "The issue is not dead yet," Mayor Cliff McDuffie said at Monday's city council meeting. McDuffie and City Manager Steve Spina met with DOT District 7 Secretary Don Skelton and other department officials in what may have felt like a last-ditch effort to convince the state agency that improvements to U.S. 301 should not include making Gall Boulevard a one-way street ...more

December 8, 2008

City residents and business owners are divided over a state plan to make Gall Boulevard a one-way street. ...more

December 4, 2008

Monday night's transportation workshop turned into a battle of the boulevards when city officials insisted on displaying their plan for a Gall Boulevard facelift. ...more

December 3, 2008

The City Council is hoping it's not too late to keep two-way traffic on Gall Boulevard. ...more

November 26, 2008