PASCO CO, Fla. — Neighbors in Pasco County continue to have concerns about plans to extend Rangeland Boulevard in Odessa.

The proposal is to extend Rangeland Boulevard from Starkey Ranch over the Suncoast Parkway and into the Bexley community.

The county is considering the project to help with the congestion on State Road 54.

Starkey Ranch resident Alina Boian worries how that could change the neighborhood.

“I don’t want this to be a 54. I was this to be a neighborhood. So I am concerned and worried,” Boian said.

She also has a concerns about a wooden bridge on Rangeland Boulevard that she wonders why was put there in the first place.

“It’s kind of odd, actually,” Boian said. “Especially here in Florida where the sun is constantly beating down on it. The cars are constantly driving on it. I don’t think that was the best choice.”

So far, the bridge has held up with community traffic. But she worries about how it would hold up if the road is extended by the county.

Pasco County officials say the county would take over the bridge over as part of the expansion project.

However, there is a catch: Pasco County wants Starkey Ranch to pay to replace it with a concrete bridge first before they take it over.

Boian doesn’t agree with that.

“It should be Pasco County. They should take this bridge over. We shouldn’t pay for it,” Boian said

There is an upcoming meeting for neighbors on this project. It’s on Thursday, May 1 at the Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural center in Odessa from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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