The Half-Cent Sales Tax was approved by Tyler voters on November 7, 1995. The City Engineer and engineering staff provides maintenance management of City-owned facilities and administers the Half-Cent Sales Tax Program, which provides approximately $10 million annually for numerous infrastructure projects including drainage, street, public safety, parks, and airport improvements.  Half-Cent Sales Tax Program is directed by the Half-Cent Sales Tax Board  who, along with Tyler City Council, governs the priority scheduling of the extensive list of projects. The tax has funded numerous projects over the years, including drainage and street improvements, public safety and park improvements, and the construction of a new airport terminal building.

The following projects have been completed with funding from Tyler's Half-Cent Sales Tax:

Project & Year Completed
 
GENERAL CATEGORY    
Fiber Optics 1999    
Long Range Development Plan 2000  
Library Computer Conversion 2001   
Restoration of the Cotton Belt Depot 2003 
Restoration of the Goodman Museum 2003 
     
PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS    
800 MHz Trunking System 2000  
Outdoor Warning System Upgrade 2001 
Shackleford Creek Fire Station Construction 2001
PD/Fire/Court Computer Improvements 2002  
Police Station Expansion 2006  
     
PARK IMPROVEMENTS     
Pollard Park Improvements 1998  
Goodman Museum Renovations, Phase I 1999 
Glass Recreation Center Construction 2001 
Faulkner Park Construction 2001   
Rudman Park Improvements 2002   
Goodman Museum Renovations, Phase I 2003 
Childrens Park 2005   
     
STREETS/TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS  
Donnybrook at Shiloh Road 1997  
32nd Street -Grand to Border 1998  
Old Bullard Road-Amherst to Grande 1998 
MLK BLVD- Gentry to 271 1998  
Hollytree Drive-Grande to Royal Oak 1999 
Copeland Road-Hubbard to Rieck 1999 
Line -Broadway to Spring 1999  
Broadway Avenue-5th to Front 1999  
Palace - Houston to Gentry 1999  
Old Troup Hwy-Loop 323 to Troup Hwy 2000 
Walton Road @ SH 155 2000  
Traffic Signal@ Rieck Road and Copeland Road 2000
Traffic Signal@ Chimney Rock and Broadway 2000
Rice Road -Old Jacksonville to Broadway 2000 
E Loop 323 ROW-TxDOT 2000  
Erwin - Beckham to Loop 2001  
Shiloh, Rice & Grande 2001   
Cumberland Road @ Broadway 2001  
Traffic Signal@ Grande Blvd and Hollytree Blvd 2001
Traffic Signal@ University Blvd and Old Omen Road 2001
Old Noonday from Lake Placid to SH 155  2003 
69 Medians 2005    
Briarwood Road Bridge Replacement 2005 
Traffic Signal @ Unversity Blvd and Lazy Creek Dr 2005
Traffic Signal @ US 271 and SH 155 2005 
Traffic Signal @ Paluxy and Jeff Davis Dr 2005 
Grande -Spring Crk to Sutherland 2006 
Commerce- Fuller Street to Loop 323 2006 
Kinsey from Loop 323 to Rice Rd 2006  
     
DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS    
W Mud Creek- Tributaries A SW Loop 323 1998 
Barrett St Bridge Replacement 1998  
Albertson Bridge & Project 51,53 1998 
Tributary M-5,Paluxy to Kidd 1999  
Fleishel-Oakwood Bridge 1999  
Queen St.(Roberts School) 1999  
Overbrook Dr-Rickety Lane 1999  
W Mud Tributary C Brookside 2000  
W Mud @ Creekside 2002   
Tributary-6, Easy to Loop 323 2002  
Tributary D-2 Fannin to Erwin 2002  
Tributary BF-3, from 27th to 29th 2003 
Tributary W-1, SH 64 to SH 110  2003 
Trib M-3, Rieck Rd bridge 2004  
Aerial Photography 2004   
Shackleford Creek- McClenny 2005  
Blackfork- Trib 6.1 Fannin 2005  
Copeland Road Bridge 2006   
     
AIRPORT       
Construction of New Terminal Building 2002 
     
   
FUTURE PROJECTS
Many more projects are on the list for future Half-Cent Sales Tax funding. These projects will be completed over the next several years, as funding is available, with priorities set by the Council and Half-Cent Sales Tax Board. The list of future projects may be updated and changed by the City Council and Half-Cent Sales Tax Board.