“Everybody loves the corridor.
It’s so scenic now,” said Joseph
DeMoss, engineering support
services supervisor for Pinellas
County who oversaw the project.
“It’s clean, it’s open, and traffic
flows very well.”
Gary Schurman, engineering
projects supervisor for the City
of Tarpon Springs, echoed those
sentiments.
“It’s a massive improvement for
the City,” he said.
The overall Keystone Road project
was more than a decade in the
making for Pinellas County. The
City also had been planning
to upgrade its major utilities
crossing under the road on
county land for years. Ayres
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Associates provided roadway,
structural, and drainage design; a
maintenance of traffic plan; public
involvement; utility coordination
and relocation; permitting
assistance; wetland mitigation;
and photogrammetry for the
County. Ayres provided design
services for the utility relocation
and upgrades for Tarpon Springs
under a separate contract. David
Nelson Construction of Palm
Harbor, Florida, was the general
contractor.
“I think it went as smooth as
could be,” said Brian Symanski,
project manager for David Nelson
Construction. He noted that
during three years of construction
they received few complaints,
there were no major accidents,
major construction issues were