Contact Your Elected Officials
Contact your representatives and tell them you don’t want TBX. Tell them how you feel in your own words, or feel free to use this copy/modify as you wish:
I am writing to you to ask for your support as your constituent. I want the FDOT’s Tampa Bay Express (TBX) project removed from the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) of Hillsborough County and from the FDOT 5 Year Work Program. At a projected cost of $9 billion dollars, TBX will destroy irreplaceable community assets yet not substantially alleviate congestion. The plan places valuable transportation funding into just one project, when our region needs multi modal solutions and transit. Furthermore, TBX introduces variable rate tolls that tax citizens twice- once for building the road, and continuously to use it. I do not support the FDOT’s plan, which repeats the same mistakes of the past, again and again, with no more effective outcome. I urge you to remove the TBX plan from both short range and long range comprehensive transportation plans. I want multi modal transportation options that fix existing roadways all over the county and include safer streets, transit, walkable places and not the same answer of just widening the highway.
Send your message to:
Florida Senate
| Senator | FL Senate District | Phone Number | Transportation related committees | |
| Dana Young (R) | 18 | (813) 835-2270 | young.dana.web@flsenate.gov | |
| Darryl Rouson (D | 19 | (727) 552-3200 | rouson.darryl.web@flsenate.gov | Committee on Transportation |
| Tom Lee (R) | 20 | (813) 653-7061 | lee.tom.web@flsenate.gov | |
| Bill Galvalno (R) | 21 | (813) 835-2270 | Galvano.bill.web@flsenate.gov | |
| Jeff Brandes (R) | 24 | (727) 563-2100 | Brandes.jeff.web@flsenate.gov | Chair of Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development |
| Joe Negron (R) | 25 | (772) 219-1665 | Negron.Joe.web@flsenate.gov |
Florida House of Repesentatives
| Represenatitve | FL Rep District | Phone Number | Transportation related committees | |
| Richard Corcoran (R) – Speaker of the House | 37 | (813) 792-5177 | ||
| Jake Raburn (R) | 57 | (813) 653-7097 | jake.raburn@myfloridahouse.gov | |
| Dan Raulerson (R) | 58 | (813) 757-9110 | dan.raulerson@myfloridahouse.gov | |
| Ross Spano (R) | 59 | (813) 744-6256 | ross.spano@myfloridahouse.gov | |
| Jackie Toledo (R) | 60 | (850) 717-5060 | jackie.toledo@myfloridahouse.gov | Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee |
| Sean Shaw (D) | 61 | (850) 717-5061 | sean.shaw@myfloridahouse.gov | |
| Janet Cruz (D) | 62 | (813) 673-4673 | janet.cruz@myfloridahouse.gov | |
| Shawn Harrison (R) | 63 | (813) 910-3277 | shawn.harrison@myfloridahouse.gov | |
| James Grant (R) | 64 | (813) 265-6272 | james.grant@myfloridahouse.gov | |
| Wengay Newton, Sr. (D) | 70 | (850) 717-5070 | wengay.newton@myfloridahouse.gov | Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee |
Hillsborough County Commission
Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr., Chair, Metropolitan Planning Organization Board
P: 813-272-5720 F: 813-272-7048 Email
Metropolitan Planning Organization
General Contact
Beth Alden, MPO Executive Director
P: (813) 273-3774 ext. 318 Email