Community’s plea to stop U-turns at busy West Tampa intersection answered [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. (WFTS) — If you travel on West Waters Avenue in Town-N-Country, you know how busy it can be. Now, there’s one spot where you’re no longer allowed to make a U-turn.

Matt Williams relies on the intersection everyday coming to and from his home.

“Waters [Avenue] is becoming a very busy street, and it’s growing more and more every day. And so getting in and out was a process. You have to plan for it. And you know, younger drivers, it’s challenging just being on the road, much less having to deal with as many points of entry and exit that were happening at this intersection. And then, having someone U-turning in front of you just made life unbearable almost every day,” he said.

Williams says he first started to push for change at the intersection around 2019.

“I had reached out to the county several times, and …