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Hillsborough TPO approves TIP amendments to advance PD&E for Branch Forbes and McIntosh road widenings
Summary
The Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization voted 15-0 to add planning (PD&E) phases for two widening projects — McIntosh Road and Branch Forbes Road — to the Transportation Improvement Program, funding PD&E with federal Surface Transportation Block Grant dollars while design and construction remain unfunded.
The Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization on April 9 unanimously approved amendments to its Transportation Improvement Program to add project development and environmental (PD&E) work for two road-widening projects in eastern Hillsborough County.
Elizabeth Watkins, TPO staff, told the board the amendments add PD&E phases for McIntosh Road and Branch Forbes Road so the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) can complete PD&E, targeted to finish later this year. “The rest of the phases — complete design right away and construction — remain unfunded for both projects,” Watkins said.
The two corridors are currently two-lane, undivided roadways. The preferred typical section developed during PD&E calls for four…
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