{"id":88,"date":"2012-10-10T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T18:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.qcmywebsite.com\/fluid\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:02:22","slug":"public-hearing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/public-involvement\/public-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Added by Post\/Page Specific Custom Code plugin, thank you for using! -->\n<style>.notification-box-footer, .virtual-attendance { display:none };<\/style>\n<p>Public involvement is one of the most important elements of a PD&#038;E study. It is very important for the public to provide comments to FDOT about the proposed McIntosh Road improvements. There are many ways for you to stay involved, such as small group meetings and a public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Seven, in coordination with Hillsborough County, held a <strong>public hearing<\/strong> for the Project Development and Environment (PD&#038;E) Studies (WPI Segment Nos. 447157-1 and 447159-1) for the proposed improvements to McIntosh Road and Branch Forbes Road, from south of US 92 to north of Interstate 4 (I-4) in Hillsborough County, a distance of approximately 1.03 miles and 0.86 miles, respectively. The proposed improvements are intended to reduce traffic congestion along with improving safety and system linkages for both Hillsborough County roadways. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/pdf\/2024-9-09-McIntosh-BF-PH-Newsletter.pdf\" title=\"Public Hearing Newsletter\">project newsletter<\/a> was distributed to announce the public hearing to nearby landowners and individuals on the project mailing list.<\/p>\n<p>The public hearing was held on <strong>Thursday, November 14th, 2024,<\/strong> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/tAK6hDEoSmG4RRVP9\">Hillsborough Community College, Trinkle Center, 2206 E. Cherry Street, Plant City, FL 33563.<\/a> This public hearing was conducted both in-person and virtually to present information to and receive public input from interested persons regarding the proposed improvements to McIntosh Road and Branch Forbes Road. Citizens who chose to attend the virtual public hearing session did so through a computer, tablet, or smartphone via GoToWebinar.<\/p>\n<p><!--A <strong>public hearing<\/strong> for the McIntosh Road PD&E Study will be held by the FDOT, in coordination with Hillsborough County, on <strong>Thursday, September 26, 2024<\/strong> from <strong>5:30 p.m. \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/strong> A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/pdf\/McIntosh-447157-1-and-Branch-Forbes-447159-1-PDE-Newsletter-Vol2-PH.pdf\" title=\"Public Hearing Newsletter\">project newsletter<\/a> was distributed to announce the public hearing to nearby landowners and individuals on the project mailing list. The results of the evaluation and the preferred alternative will be presented at the public hearing. FDOT representatives will be available to answer any questions regarding the project. The\u00a0[project] Corridor Study process provides opportunities for the public to view information about the project and to comment on the proposed improvements. Public involvement activities will continue throughout the duration of the project. Project information and documents are uploaded to the project website for review when they become available. A public hearing is anticipated to take place in [date].\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:20px;background-color:#EFEFEF\"><strong>A Public Hearing was held:<\/strong>\n\n\n<p><strong>DATE:\n<\/strong>Day, Month Day#, Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PLACE:\n<\/strong>[Site\/Location]\nAddress\nCity, State Zip<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0\"><strong>TIME:\n<\/strong>0:00-0:00 p.m. Open House\n0:00 p.m. Formal Presentation<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div>If you have questions about the project or the hearing materials, please contact <a href=\"mailto:#\">[project manager]<\/a>, Project Manager. [His\/Her] contact information is shown on the <a title=\"Contact Information\" href=\"#\">Contact Information<\/a> page.<\/div>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public involvement is one of the most important elements of a PD&#038;E study. It is very important for the public to provide comments to FDOT about the proposed McIntosh Road improvements. There are many ways for you to stay involved,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/public-involvement\/public-hearing\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-flexible-content.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/1304"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdotd7studies.com\/projects\/mcintosh-rd-us92-to-i4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}