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THEA and county staff outline toll‑road benefits and next steps for Riverview community plan update
Summary
Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority briefed the board on traffic modeling showing reduced travel times and crash risk along US 301; the county planning commission described a community‑driven update to the Riverview Community Plan and announced upcoming public workshops.
The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) and county planning staff updated the Hillsborough County board on Sept. 17 about a planned toll facility along U.S. Highway 301 and concurrent updates to the Riverview Community Plan.
THEA’s findings: Greg Slater, THEA executive director and CEO, said preliminary modeling shows a limited‑access toll corridor could increase corridor capacity by about 30 percent and cut intersection delays by roughly 33–46 percent in modeled scenarios. Slater offered trip‑time examples from the project’s mobility analysis: under a no‑build scenario, a morning trip from Big Bend Road to the expressway entrance could take about…
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