FDOT slowly moving ahead on Westshore purchases

State transportation plans for intermodal, right-of-way improvements in Tampa inching forward

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 7, 2018
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COURTESY PHOTO — State transportation officials acquired the 489-room Doubletree hotel in Tampa's Westshore district in early 2016.
COURTESY PHOTO — State transportation officials acquired the 489-room Doubletree hotel in Tampa's Westshore district in early 2016.
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State transportation officials made a big splash in early 2016 when they purchased the Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Airport Hotel and an adjacent restaurant near the Tampa International Airport for $45 million for a future intermodal hub.

 

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