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Forward Pinellas presents draft 2025 transportation priorities; adds local multimodal projects and removes ineligible items
Summary
Forward Pinellas staff presented a revised annual transportation priorities list with three new projects, two newly funded projects, and three removals; the board discussed eligibility constraints and local coordination needs.
Forward Pinellas staff presented their annual update to the county's transportation priorities May 14, 2025, identifying newly funded projects, proposed additions, and items removed because they are ineligible or infeasible.
Chelsea Favreau explained the annual process: the agency aligns project limits, updates statuses and retains projects on the list until they are 100% complete. The revised list raises funded priorities at the top and leaves unfunded items below. Two projects newly funded in the coming work program are curb extensions in the Grand Central District (City of St. Petersburg) and a corridor study on State Road 60 that includes the Belcher/State Road 60 intersection.
Staff proposed adding three projects to the priorities list: Sixtieth Street (Pinellas Park) from 70th/8th Avenue to 80 2nd Avenue North — featuring a side path and safety treatments — a Triple R supplement (FDOT resurfacing coordination to add safety amenities during resurfacing), and a multimodal trail along State Road 60 connecting the Duke Energy Trail to the Courtney Campbell Causeway Trail.
Three projects were proposed for removal: a Dunedin Causeway roundabout inside a state park (FDOT funds are ineligible inside state park lands), a bike/ped overpass at the Duke Energy Trail (Duke Energy notified staff that construction at that specific location is not possible), and a short connector from the Gateway Expressway to Roosevelt Boulevard (FDOT concluded the piece is not required now that the expressway is operational).
Board members asked staff to continue coordinating with the city of Dunedin, state park officials and Duke Energy, and to work with legislative delegations or local governments if alternate funding sources are needed. Staff said some removed recommendations could return if funding or property eligibility changes.
Staff said prioritization and final edits will go to technical committees and return to the board for final action in June before submission to FDOT for the next work program.
