City project WUR-19-0036 is the Phase I water-main improvement on Florida Avenue from Scott Street to Palm Avenue, with approximately 1,848 linear feet of replacement main. An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified Highland Avenue; the City record and water-project index identify the Florida Avenue corridor. The City’s public record lists 10- and 12-inch pipe, a construction window from February 23, 2026, through March 31, 2027, and a current estimate of $1,248,239 (City project record).
Those are planning and project-tracking facts, not a promise that every block will be under construction for the full period. Residents and businesses should use the project identifier WUR-19-0036 when asking the City about current sequencing or property access.
The recorded scope
The City describes the work as The Heights WM Improvement Project Along Florida Ave from Scott St to Palm Ave (Phase I). Its record supplies five useful fields:
- Limits: Florida Avenue, Scott Street to Palm Avenue.
- Planned pipe: approximately 1,848 linear feet of 10- and 12-inch water main.
- Phase: construction in progress when rechecked September 21, 2026.
- Published dates: February 23, 2026, to March 31, 2027.
- Published estimate: $1,248,239.
The project is listed under the City’s water capital program and PIPES initiative. The Water Department maintains the broader capital-project index, while the Citywide project directory provides another route to current records.
The Water Department index separately lists Phase II from Palm Avenue to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in project startup, as well as other Tampa Heights replacement projects. Do not extend Phase I’s schedule or cost to those separate records.
What the record does not establish
The public page does not provide a daily lane-closure calendar, parcel-by-parcel service-interruption schedule, contractor production log, final contract amount, or completed-work acceptance record. We therefore cannot tell a specific resident when crews will be in front of a property or how long an individual connection may be affected.
It also would be misleading to divide the estimate by pipe length and call that a pipe price. For scale only, $1,248,239 divided by 1,848 planned feet is approximately $675 per planned linear foot. That ratio may encompass construction, restoration, traffic control, connections, mobilization, and other project costs; the project page does not break them out. It is not a contractor rate or a homeowner estimate.
Questions nearby residents can ask
Use the project number when contacting the City and ask questions tied to a real decision:
- Is the published construction phase still current?
- Which block is scheduled next, and is that sequence firm or weather-dependent?
- Will driveway or alley access change on a particular day?
- Are temporary water interruptions expected, and how will notice be delivered?
- What street, sidewalk, curb, or landscape restoration is included?
- Where will an official schedule or scope change be posted?
Do not rely on an undated neighborhood post for a current closure. The official record is the better starting point, but a time-sensitive access question may still require direct confirmation.
How we read the project timeline
The span between the posted start and end dates is a project window, not a statement that the entire corridor will be excavated continuously. Utility projects commonly move through segments and supporting tasks, but this article does not infer a sequence the City has not published on the record.
The current label also does not by itself prove percentage complete. Until the City supplies a documented progress figure or completion record, the accurate description is simply that the page lists the project in construction.
Why this matters beyond the work zone
The record gives Tampa Heights readers a stable identifier and geographic scope. That can help separate this work from other City utility, transportation, or private-development activity nearby. It also gives property owners a source to preserve when coordinating deliveries, accessibility needs, or planned exterior work.
A contractor or homeowner should not assume the project changes private-property responsibilities. Questions about a service line, meter, restoration boundary, or claimed damage need property-specific information from the responsible party.
Method and limitations
Local Service Ledger rechecked the individual project record, the complete Water Department index and the first page of the Citywide directory on September 21, 2026. The directory is a discovery route; its first page did not contain this project. The individual record and water index establish the corrected corridor. We transcribed the project identifier, listed limits, pipe length and sizes, phase, dates, funding-program label, and estimate. We calculated the approximate estimate-to-length ratio solely to communicate scale and did not treat it as a unit price.
This is a public-record project report. Local Service Ledger did not visit or inspect the site, interview a resident or contractor, verify underground conditions, or take project photographs. Readers should check the individual City record for changes after the access date.