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District and City of Tampa staff worked together to create a plan to improve walking and biking for Sulphur Spring K-8 Community School students. William Porth, the city’s traffic safety coordinator, and Amber Dickerson, general manager of Growth Management, surveyed all walk routes around the campus to identify issues. They also met with the principal, school resource officer, and members of the Parent Teacher Association to gather their input. FDOT awarded a Safe Routes to School grant of $182,740 that will go toward numerous safety improvements. This includes new crosswalks around campus, a three-way stop at East Yukon Street and North 12th Street, and a sidewalk along the south side of Yukon Street. Additionally, the district made a curbed median that students travel across on campus safer in January 2019 by adding multiple at-grade access points across it.
Completion: TBD Get with City of Tampa
Cost: TBD Get with City of Tampa
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A collaborative effort with School Board Member Melissa Snively, County Commissioner Stacy White, and district and county staff improved circulation at Mulrennan Middle School in Valrico. The school’s loop design caused parent vehicles to back up off the campus. Melissa Snively and Stacy White joined district and county staff on site to observe and brainstorm solutions. The work resulted in a redesigned loop road, which added two lanes and approximately 1,700 feet of space to vehicle queuing space. The new loop eased congestion and provided a safer alternative for parents who park on nearby roads during student pick-up and drop-off.
Completion: August 2020
Cost: $400,000
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Each day, students at Mort Elementary School travel a pedestrian network full of gaps and missing crosswalks to reach campus. This project will fill gaps around the neighborhood in unincorporated Tampa, making the journey to school safer for walkers and bicyclists. More than 7,500 feet of sidewalk is being added in the neighborhood surrounding Mort Elementary and 12 crosswalks will be improved. This project began as a Safe Routes to School submitted by the school district and is being completed through Hillsborough County.
Cost: Approximately $680,000
Completion: Ongoing, expected completion is April 2021
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A new traffic loop completed in 2019 has eased a variety safety and circulation issues at Barrington Middle School in Lithia. The issues included school buses mixing with parent vehicles during drop-off and pick-up times, which created delays and the potential for conflicts between vehicles and students boarding and departing buses. Additionally, the traffic delays caused vehicles to back up off campus, creating additional traffic. To resolve these issues, the district constructed a new traffic loop for parent vehicles.
Cost: $100,000
Completion Date: November 2019
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A team effort led to an improved parent traffic loop that has improved safety for students at Crestwood Elementary School. District staff joined county staff, the school resource officer, and principal to observe dismissal at the campus in unincorporated Tampa and develop ideas for improvement. Prior to the loop’s construction, the loop design created two rows of cars, leading teachers and students to weave between vehicles during drop-off and pick-up times. Traffic also backed up on North Manhattan Avenue in both the north and south directions. The modified loop allows the school to use a covered play court to help facilitate pickup and drop off while also preventing vehicles from backing up onto Manhattan Avenue.
Cost: Approximately $233,744
Completion date: January 2020
