High-Tech Future Begins To Take Shape With Tampa Expressway
"Most [expressway] traffic is commuter traffic," says Patrick McCue, executive director of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority. "So there is a need for more capacity at certain times of the day." The $350-million project will help alleviate congestion for 75,000 daily commuters on the nine-mile stretch between downtown Tampa and Interstate 75 near Brandon, Fla.
PCL Civil Constructors Inc., a division of Edmonton-based PCL Enterprises, has a $145-million contract to construct most of the elevated six-mile portion leading to downtown as well as a section passing over I-75. Orlando-based Hubbard Construction will construct the at-grade three-mile portion and several feeder roads. David Dempsey, vice president of Hubbard Construction's Tampa division, says its work is 15% complete, including 35,000 ft of barrier wall.