70 years ago…
December 22, 1936 – The City of Tampa’s new 1 cent gasoline tax goes into effect today. The new tax would push the cost of gas in the city to 22 cents per gallon ($2.96 in today’s dollars). The tax was expected to raise approximately $12,000 ($161,000 today) a month for the city’s street fund, which would fund work performed by the WPA. Today’s Bayshore Boulevard was one of the WPA’s local road projects.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
