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Pasco County planning commission narrows corridor footprints, favors roundabouts in 'Pasco Moves' update
Summary
County staff presented a proposed rewrite of the corridor preservation table and transportation maps that narrows many right‑of‑way footprints, adds intersection footprints favoring roundabouts, and places conceptual interchanges (including a proposed Suncoast Parkway–Caldwell Lane connection). Commissioners pressed staff on property‑exaction history, mobility‑fee credits and well‑field constraints.
Nick Urette, Pasco County engineer, told the Planning Commission at a workshop that staff rewrote the corridor preservation table to align ultimate travel lanes with the MPO needs plan, reduce excessive right‑of‑way widths where appropriate and remove unconstructible roads. He said the update standardizes corridor widths while reserving flexibility on typical section content for a later phase.
Urette said the update adds an intersection footprint and expresses a preference for roundabout construction "where feasible," giving example diameters for two‑lane and four‑lane roundabout footprints. He said the changes include adding some collector roads (for example, Bolton Avenue in northwest Pasco) and removing others that proved unbuildable.
The presentation included several proposed grade…
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