Trinity Boulevard bike lanes and signals

2:03:42second one is Trinity Boulevard, and that's really the the gateway between Pinellas and Pasco County for southwestern Pasco County residents as well as northern uh Pinellas residents. We are identifying the need to it to provide um bike lanes on the corridor, which exist on the Penella side of the county line, but not on the Pasco side. And that would get us up to Little Road. We want to increase the capacity of the Little Road intersection by adding east and westbound second through lanes. So that would uh relieve

2:04:12any congestion that's experienced by Botarist today at the Little Road intersection.

2:04:19uh fiber optic cable and traffic cameras at all the signalized intersections on Trinity Boulevard from Little Road to State Road 54. And that allows for the operational efficiencies needed to make those signals function at their highest level.

2:04:33We're we're hoping that this works in uh concert with the efforts that you have going in Penellas County. I think you're you you know what's happening in that area.

2:04:42We're I'm working with the county uh Penellas and especially on East Lake Road. It's currently three lane up to Tartman Woods Boulevard basically.

2:04:57in the morning from six thirty to nine can sit through seven signals. Seven signals. Seven signals at Trinity and East Lake. And then uh down to Keystone Road is another five to seven cycles. So the county is working on costing out And that's a county road, so the the state may not help them do that but They know the need to three lane that road with what they have uh developed or allowed to be developed along that

2:05:28corridor. And that would get us up uh to at least the Pasco County line. then the burden falls on you but but there there's a need In the morning rush hour and the evening rush hour, the those streets are overloaded beyond any potential capacity whatsoever.

2:05:48Yeah.

2:05:48So I agree that um That may be one that might have Senator Hooper's name on the uh

2:05:58So this is our companion to yours.

2:06:00And maybe some guy named Yeager.

2:06:03Um I know that I get calls uh about that intersection. I and I the the Trinity and East Lake and it's it's in Pinellas County and until you moved here no one really felt the pain much because it's it's the m northernmost light in Pinellas County, right?

2:06:23It it is and uh at least Pinellas County repaved their portion of Trinity to the county line, no no pressure. Um I'm

2:06:31sure

2:06:31it's

2:06:31on our plan. Especially now that we pass have some money with her.

2:06:35And and I know that we I think we all anticipate that the the redevelopment project uh at Mitchell and Little Road is going to be significant in terms of traffic and and infrastructure and uh I'm sure they'll get to share in the cost to to help with those improvements, but That's gonna be a project.

2:06:58Yeah. We um we had the money to widen Trinity in our TIF funding But a number of years ago we re aligned our TIP transportation imp infrastructure funding. Um We we changed it and pulled a little bit out that goes to the parks department to help with their costs and I don't remember where else it went. And they thought that um tax incremental finances?

2:07:24Tax tax increment

2:07:25incremental financing. And we thought that that we would be able to keep up with the cost of widening roads and building roads, but the cost of roads went up so much that the Trinity Boulevard funding fell out of our five year plan.

2:07:38What happens today is is as people go eastbound on Trinity they get to Robert Trent Jones. Yeah. and there's one straight lane and one right turn lane only and two left turn lanes and all those people in the inside lane until they see that sign just before the signal. Now they're cutting people off, trying to get it into the go through lane. So even a slight extension of that beyond uh little road would would alleviate uh a lot

2:08:08of near disasters and some disasters of people trying to get the right way the correct way.

2:08:14Correct. Okay. Good information for our county engineer.

2:08:16And in fact this project will alleviate that exact concern.

2:08:19We also

2:08:20address

2:08:20that um state funding from um was it state or federal for the bike the the uh Orange Belt Trail is coming along Trinity Boulevard. What where's that funding coming from

2:08:34funding Florida it's state funding through the Sun Trail program.

2:08:36It's the Sun Trail funding. Okay. And so we have we do have that coming on the I believe it's the south side of Trinity Boulevard. It'll go all the way up and connect to the existing trail um at the your public's there at um community drive and then Parts of it are already built that goes all the way to Rangeland and that'll eventually come up here to the With Lacucci State Trail. That is the continuation of the Pinellas County Trail. It's the old Orange Belt Railroad line and that construction should

2:09:06be starting soon. So I don't know if you might go back to your Pinellas County um um folks and make sure they have They have they do have the right-of-way, they can continue that to East Lake. That would be good. Then we could connect that stretch to the Penales County Trail over there at where it comes to East Lake and Tarpin. And I I do believe that more and more people are gonna use those trails to get to work um on those electric bikes and scooters and we

2:09:37see it more and more in the county that people use alternative methods to to travel around. Do you

2:09:42allow the motorized is that considered a motorized vehicle, the electric bikes?

2:09:47Um, they have to be pedal assist. There are state rules, uh but you can go on those. Um and you have to stay at a certain speed.