‘Unprecedented’ transportation projects taking shape

Several roadway improvement initiatives, representing billions in state funding, are progressing throughout St. Petersburg, with some nearing completion.

The five projects with cost estimates total $2.016 billion, while five others lacked price tags. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is also helping fund Cross Bay Ferry operations, the 40th Avenue bridge replacement - even though it is not under the agency’s purview - and contributed $10 million to expanding the SunRunner service.

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Comic convention brings celebrities to Tampa Bay

From Hobbiton in the Shire to Tampa in the United States: The hobbits are coming.

Three of the four actors who played the little people on an important quest in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings will make appearances this weekend at the Tampa Bay Comic Convention, at the Tampa Bay Convention Center.