[Dan Nunn]

I live in Tampa and am familiar with the Carrollwood area this is proposed for. The “2 miles north and south” is misleading since the street it is proposed for, Dale Mabry, is a heavily traveled north-south throughfare littered with traffic lights with 2-3 minute cycles (some even more, the further south you get). Those 2 miles, at rush hour, could easily take 15 minutes.

I know, as I live 2-3 miles from a Walmart in Tampa and would gladly have one closer. It can easily take me 15 minutes to get there during certain times of the day.

That being said, the Carrollwood area, and Tampa in general, isn’t exactly a beacon of “mom and pop” shops anyway, so what’s the big deal? Traffic? It won’t make it much worse than it already is.

[steelyourfaith]

I remember Tampa's North Dale Mabry Highway back in the day. A veritable rolling parking lot. State Senator John Grant even floated the idea of elevating a second road directly above it. Thank goodness that boondoggle never saw the light of day. Rush hour traffic only got bearable when the Veterans Toll Expressway finally siphoned off some traffic. It was as bad as the 405 to Simi Valley.

Has Dale Mabry Highway congestion really diminished such that traffic choke points can now be re-established?

Additionally, I wonder if this is a 24 hour Walmart and if so, whether residents in close proximity would welcome such an attraction to some of those who prowl the middle of the night in their neighborhood.

As for me, I would Hope not to see such a Change ever in my neighborhood.