More Parking at the Brandon Regional Library and Center Place?

Major improvements have been under construction at the front parking lot to the Sandy Rodriguez Center in Brandon, which houses both the Brandon Regional Library and the Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association.

The library ranks fourth in monthly circulation of materials and third in the number of visits among all branches of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System. Parking has been an ongoing concern at the center and this project is designed to add six spots to the mix.

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What's your take on the front parking lot improvements at the Brandon Regional Library and Center Place parking lot? Have you had parking concerns? Glad to see the additional six parking spots? 

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Final completion of construction at the Sandy Rodriguez Center, at 619 Vonderburg Drive, was expected by Feb. 15. Work has been designed to:

• Re-grade the main entry drive, to lower the incline and "to improve access and safety."

• Provide six new parking spaces added to the front of the library.

• Re-stripe the front portion of the lot, with new traffic signals to improve traffic flow and safety.

• Remove the concrete steps at Vonderburg Drive.

• Direct pedestrians toward the existing ADA-accessible ramp, for a safer foot-path through the parking lot.

• Create an additional right-turn only exit onto Vonderburg Drive, to improve egress and traffic flow.

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Project Particulars

• Designed and engineered by LaRosa Civil Design.

• Constructed at a cost of $69,715 by the Walbridge Aldinger Co.

• Part of Hillsborough County's Repair, Replacement, Renovation and Maintenance (R3M) Program, which is generlly funded through ad valorem taxes. This project, however, is funded through the library district tax.

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