New Boardwalk Coming to Picnic Island

The Tampa Tribune is reporting that Picnic Island will receive a $430,000 facelift from the Parks and Recreation Department.

'We are going to be looking at ways to incorporate a boardwalk to provide access to a couple of different habitats,' city landscape architect Brad Suder said.

However, the boardwalk will not slice directly through the mangrove thicket to Picnic Island Bayou, a shallow tidal flat where wading birds hunt for food, Suder said.

Please visit Picnic Island Boardwalk for the full article.

New Traffic Light at Bayshore & Interbay

As reported on tbo.com, residents in the Bayshore/Interbay area will have the benefit on a new traffic light in 2008.

This should help lighten the congestion in the area during peak periods.

For the full article, please visit Interbay Traffic Light.

Tires Slashed on South Grady Ave

SOG residents on Grady and Tyson Avenues awoke to a disturbing site on Wednesday morning.

Someone went on a tire slashing spree during the midnight hours. As of this posting, there were 12 reported cases of the vandalism.

Click Here for video from ABC Action News.

New Water Line Through Pearl Ave

With all the new developments happening SOG, the city is planning ahead with the installation of a new waterline from Dale Mabry Highway to the New Port Tampa Bay project.

"This is part of providing additional water pressure," said Brad Baird, the city's water department director. "We want to make sure the system can deliver pressure down in South Tampa."

For the full article, visit South Tampa Waterline.

Annual Macy's Prop Sale

Everyone who has been in the Gandy area for some time has probably driven by and seen this over the years. It's amazing what people will go through to get some unusual items but apparently, the deals can't be passed up!

The Prop Sale is in South Tampa at 4020 Gandy Boulevard, next to the Macy's Furniture Gallery. The sale runs Thursday and Friday. Hours are 7am - 3pm.

Tampa Bay's 10 News has a video online about the annual sale and some of the odd deals you can find. Visit Annual Macy's Prop Sale for more information.