A newly disclosed program includes the construction of an original, north-south expressway connector between Interstate 4 and Florida 618 approximately symmetrical to 30th Street. A spur road like this one would give way to an immediate Interstate link with the Port of Tampa as well as with the impressive MacDill Air Force Base via Toll Florida 618. In addition guests are welcome to visit the official Tampa's Crosstown Expressway website. Other plans for this corridor indicate that Florida 618 should be immediately linked to the Gandy Bridge as well as to Interstate 275 just north of downtown St. Petersburg.

It is also very true that approximately the whole Interstate 4 undergoes widening or construction operations. The Interstate 4 near Tampa is the very proof of the successes over years of construction, which nevertheless is in progress along the here above corridor. Among the successful improvements we can mention the widening operation of the Interstate 4 from 4 to 6 lanes. This was also very tight linked with the replacement of the St. Johns River Bridge with a two three-lane sections in stead of one four-lane segment. The construction of alternate routes (generally tolled roads) which provide a better flow in traffic had been considered as an alternative. We can also give some examples, such as the toll Crosstown Expressway (Toll Florida 618, currently extended east through Brandon), the Toll Florida 429, and the Polk Parkway (Toll Florida 570) as well as Central Florida Greeneway (Florida 417).

There have been a lot of plans of improving not only the Seminole, but also the Orange County as well as the magnificent city of Orlando. These cities went on to be notorious and controversial in the very same time. In October 2003, an expanded Interstate 4 was proposed by the "Mobility 20/20" tax plan through the metropolitan area, but the electorate did nothing but reject this very proposition. The disagreement with the toll lanes on Interstate 4 was one of the many reasons for the rejection of this levy. However March 2005 was the very moment in which this idea came back with new forces.

At that moment, officials proposed a managed lanes conception which has various aspects in common with the reversible and higher occupancy vehicle lane conception establish in Southern California, such as California 91 (Riverside Freeway) and Interstate 15 (Escondido Freeway. These highways include managed lanes in the median that can be adjusted in order to permit a higher flow in traffic in the both directions. High occupancy vehicles will just use these lanes free of charge, while single occupancy vehicles will be charged an electronic cost to use the here above lanes. Called XPress 400, the cost of these original lanes completion would amount over $1. 5 billion (2005 estimation) and would be managed by the Florida Turnpike Enterprise. The plan would place the original cost lanes in the median, insert an uninterrupted fourth lane in both directions, reinforce some spans of the expressway, as well as rebuild some of the interchanges. The plan is though to be applicable to the segment from Florida 435 (Kirkman Road) to Florida 434. Should it be approved, the works’ estimated completion date would be in 2013.1

In order to find out more, just visit the official web site for the project at Trans4mation.org.