X-WAY A brief timeline of the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority and projects.
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X-WAY A brief timeline of the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority and projects.
“how to finance superhighway facilities
to compliment the Tampa Expressway”
“Jacksonville and Miami are doing it. Why
not Tampa?”
“Hillsborough will have 220,000 new residents by
1969” and “115,526 additional cars and trucks”
1950s
“Tampa’s slum clearance came to a halt in
1952…by the Florida Supreme Court.”
“An individual’s property can not be
confiscated by a government body and
then resold to private interests which
may profit from proceedings.”
Prior to this ruling to stop federal funding after
slum clearance, North Boulevard Homes, Ponce
De Leon Courts, Riverview Terrace, College Hill
Homes and Robles Park were privately built w/
no city or county comprehensive plan.
1950s
Dobyville 1957 (+210 acres of neighborhood) Dobyville ‘area’ 2021
Garrison 1957 (+60 acres of neighborhood) Garrison 2021 (now Water Street)
1950s
“A county school system survey revealed that
some 1,100 negro families including school
children will be displaced by the expressway.
These children are attending Henderson,
College Hill, Dobyville and Harlem elementary
schools. County school officials must make
plans to accommodate them elsewhere.”
1960sInitial costs ranged
from
$280 - $370 million.
Final cost build-out
is in the billions.
“to run over or near at least 50 businesses”
1960s“In 1960 planners called for the city to increase population to
367,000. The present population is about 50,000 short.”
“A real functioning neighborhood is hard
to grow and easy to destroy. You can’t
create a real living environment on a strip
of property a block or two wide. You
can’t do a good job raising children
when there is nothing for them to do but
sit in the yard and watch the cars go by.”
“Negro slums and poor quality
housing mars the appearance
of this same area.”
By 1980 Tampa’s population was estimated to be at 507,000.
The actual population for 2019 is estimated at 399,700. 1960s“suit charges the Tampa Hillsborough
County Expressway Authority for violating
Fair’s civil rights”
“according to Bish (county planner),
the decline (in city and county
population) is a direct result of large
demolition projects in the inner-city
urban renewal and South Crosstown
Expressway areas.”
“this (crosstown expressway) is going
to be the yoke around motorist’s
necks for the next 39 years.”
1970s“Already sprawling along the south end of
downtown, displacing older buildings and
businesses, this mammoth construction
(Crosstown Expressway) when completed will
provide an a entirely new look along its route.”
1970sThe Garrison Channel area
“could become a regional
destination for entertainment.
High quality hotel, motel and
condominium housing units are
proposed for the area.”
“Good vehicle access is available to the
Garrison Channel area because of its
adjacency to the new Crosstown Expressway…” 1980s“’how did you like it?’ Harper
wanted to know. ‘The
Crosstown is great,’ Lou
Delaney said. ‘But guess what
– we got lost,’ he said”
1980sThe I-4 connector concept was
unveiled in the mid 1980s while
the crosstown was finalized to I-
75. Final construction shows
incomplete expansion work to
be later completed.
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