West River BUILD Project

The City of Tampa has contracted with the design-build firm, Haskell, to design and construct approximately 5 miles of multimodal network to complete the public segments of the 12.2-mile corridor, including approximately 2 miles of Riverwalk on the west bank of the Hillsborough River. The multi-use trail will run along the western and eastern sides of the river, connecting area neighborhoods with Bayshore Boulevard, Hyde Park, West Tampa, and Ridgewood Park and with the North Franklin Street Historic District, Downtown Tampa, and Ybor City.

Thanks to funding from local and federal sources, including the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the remaining segments, which include multimodal paths, complete streets, and under bridge/over water segments, will complete the public portions of this multimodal network.

The multimodal segments to be completed include the areas of Platt Street, Rome Avenue, Columbus Drive, the Ridgewood Park Neighborhood, Tony Jannus Park, Arabelle Riverwalk Apartments, Plant Park, University of Tampa, and multiple schools connecting to the Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, and the existing Riverwalk at Water Works Park. The multimodal path work includes new pavement, resurfacing of the existing pavement, guard rails, lighting, landscaping, a living shoreline and minor seawall improvements. In addition to the multimodal trails along the river, the City of Tampa’s design-build firm will design and construct complete street enhancements on Platt Street, Rome Avenue, Columbus Drive, Glenwood Drive, Ross Avenue, North Boulevard, and 7th Avenue. These improvements will also be included on street routes through the adjacent neighborhoods to improve access to multimodal connections as well as provide additional, safe transportation alternatives.