Released by the City of Tyler:

During their regularly held meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Tyler City Council unanimously voted to authorize a contract with Walker Parking Consultants/Engineers, Inc. to proceed with design of a Downtown parking garage structure.

Released by the City of Tyler:

Holiday Garbage Collection
The Tyler Solid Waste office will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16. Due to the holiday, residents whose garbage is normally collected on Monday will have their garbage collected on Tuesday and residents whose garbage is normally collected on Tuesday will have their garbage collected on Wednesday. Garbage will be collected on regularly scheduled days Thursday and Friday. The holiday will not affect curbside recycling collection.

MONDAY, JAN. 16: NO COLLECTION
Tuesday, Jan. 17: Routes Normally Collected Monday
Wednesday, Nov. 18: Routes Normally Collected Tuesday
Thursday, Jan 19: Regular Collection
Friday, Jan.

Released by Texas Dept. of Public Safety:

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers will be stepping up enforcement efforts to ensure safety on the roadways and seek out impaired drivers during the period from December 20 through January 1.

Additional troopers will be on the road targeting drunk drivers in locations where alcohol-related crashes are most likely to occur. This effort is funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for targeted DWI enforcement over various holidays throughout the year.

During the same period in 2010, troopers made 1,264 driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrests. Of those, 449 were made by troopers whose patrols were funded through the TxDOT grant. In addition, troopers issued 17,436 speeding citations, 2,426 safety restraint citations, and 2,593 no insurance citations.