The South Coast Greenway Trail is SUNTrail eligible.
Public Transportation
Hart is working to expand service coverage to weekends and increase weekday service frequency through improvements to Route 31. Unfunded planned improvements in the study area include two new local bus routes in South Hillsborough County, two more FLEX routes, and a South County Transit Center. The Sun City Center community plan identifies a desire for improved access to public transportation.
Freight
Port Redwing has initiated an $18-million expansion plan estimated to provide 5,765 jobs and avoid 59 million truck miles once complete. The port currently has 145 acres of industrially zoned land. The Amazon Fulfilment Center adjacent to I-75 between 19 th Avenue NE and SR 674 was identified in County economic development plans as a competitive site with industrial entitlements offering the potential for expansion. Hillsborough County identified several designated truck routes that intersect the study area. County designated truck routes include Gibsonton Drive, Symmes Road, Big Bend Road, Rhodine Road, Balm Riverview Road, County Road 672, Balm Wimauama Road, and Lithia Pinecrest Road. State designated truck routes include US 14, I-75, US 301, and SR 674. US 301 and SR 674 are designated as regional freight facilities and truck routes in the Hillsborough+Polk Freight Logistics Zone Strategic Plan (2017). The plan identified the segments of US 41, I-75, and US 301 between Big Bend Road and the Selmon Expressway as freight corridors having low travel reliability. The US 41 segment was identified as having extremely low travel time reliability and is a heavily used truck route due to its proximity to all the port facilities. A freight and land use compatibility analysis was conducted by FDOT District 7 to examine potential conflicts between freight movement and livability in the Tampa Bay Area. South County neighborhoods were generally identified as having only moderate to few conflicts between freight and livable communities areas, with the most potential for such conflicts along US 41 south of Port Redwing in Apollo Beach. The Ruskin community plan seeks to ensure that 19 th Avenue NE is not designated as a truck route and the Greater Sun City Center community plan calls for reduced truck traffic on 19 th Avenue and providing for a more pedestrian- friendly environment. SR 674 intersects Ruskin, Sun City Center, and Wimauma whose communities would like to have improved non-motorized transportation and controlled truck traffic.
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