Overview
- City officials unveiled new renderings and took questions at a Thursday meeting at Beulah Baptist Institutional Church.
- The $56.8 million–$57 million project will extend the Riverwalk to the west bank with a two-mile segment as part of a 12.2-mile multimodal network.
- Work is organized into six sections, with the first two building about 1.7 miles of west-side trail that includes two pedestrian underpass bridges.
- Groundbreaking is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at 727 W Green St., with construction expected to begin in November and completion targeted for early 2027.
- Funding includes $24 million in federal money and $10 million from the West Tampa CRA, and plans call for safety upgrades such as a lane reduction on the Rome–Riverside bridge, which has prompted some resident concerns about traffic and privacy.