St. Petersburg is southwest of Tampa. Any "Gandy connector" would be in the wrong direction in the first place.

As I see it, there is only one way to halt this "Gandy connector" talk. We have got to solve the Pinellas hurricane evacuation connundrum. Continuing the Selman expressway down the existing railroad right of way and across the bay to St. Pete on a new bridge (from Port Tampa to just north of downtown St. Pete around 7th Ave) and joining I-375, that would make your nightmares go away. Interstate highway money would help pay for it, too.

Right now both I-375 and the Selman Expressway (tollway) are both "highways to nowhere." Connecting them via the shortest route would make good transportation sense, too, putting a straight-line north-south expressway between downtown Tampa and downtown St. Pete for the first time.

True, if it does go through, your property values will go up and your property taxes, too. It would still beat becoming trolls and living under a bridge, like DOT wants you to do! by Bubba Nichloson