Parkway opens to fanfare
[Times photo: Fred Victorin]
With speeches, a marching band and protesters in pig masks, most of the 42-mile Suncoast Parkway opens.
The road to nowhere won’t stay that way
Far in advance of its grand opening this weekend, the Suncoast Parkway warmed the beating hearts of Tampa Bay area developers.
Getting from here to there, the new way
Here are answers to the most frequent questions Times readers have asked about the Suncoast Parkway.
• Chart: The parkway’s toll schedule
Parkway polarizes landowners in its path
The toll road is bile to some whose rural lands were snatched up for right of way. For others, including developers, it is bliss.
Road’s the rage
Even when it was still two years from reality, the Suncoast Parkway lured Peter Morchy Sr. and his family from Palm Harbor to Spring Hill.
Suncoast Parkway opens to mixed feelings
The first leg of the new toll road, which will eventually stretch from Citrus County to Hillsborough, is lauded and protested at the ceremonial opening. You can drive on it today.
How about Veterans Coastalway?
Today marks the official opening of the Suncoast Parkway, a public project that has been talked and written about more than any other in this region for the past decade.
Greg Hamilton
Citrus at a crossroads as parkway approaches
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