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Castor touts transit, Riverwalk expansion and new cultural projects as part of city growth strategy
Summary
Mayor Jane Castor highlighted transportation gains — streetcar ridership growth, paving and bike lane expansion — and downtown development projects including Riverwalk, Straz performing arts expansion, Tampa Museum of Art and airport and port investments.
Mayor Jane Castor used portions of the State of the City address to describe recent and planned transportation and downtown development projects intended to support economic growth and connect neighborhoods.
Castor said the streetcar has grown from a tourist attraction to a daily transit option, projecting "over 1,400,000 riders" this year, and said the city has increased in-house paving capacity and repairs. She reported the city has paved more miles since 2019, added 56 miles of new…
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