Pinellas County asks for state funding to widen East Lake Road

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — It’s a question that drivers have asked for years in north Pinellas County: Will East Lake Road ever be widened to accommodate the growing traffic?

The county is now asking the state to fund just that.

State Rep. Adam Anderson (R-Palm Harbor) made an appropriations request of $15 million in the new state budget for capacity improvements to East Lake Road…

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