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Tyler council backs TxDOT design for State Highway 110 safety project
Summary
The City Council approved a resolution supporting Texas Department of Transportation design work on safety improvements to State Highway 110, including raised medians, sidewalks, lighting and new pedestrian crossings on a corridor with a record of serious crashes.
The Tyler City Council on June 11 approved a resolution asking the Texas Department of Transportation to proceed with design of safety improvements on State Highway 110 from north of Aberdeen Drive to County Road 2123.
The measure directs city staff or the mayor's designees to participate with TxDOT in designing the project, which staff said would add raised medians, lighting, sidewalk improvements and additional pedestrian crossings to portions of the corridor that have experienced fatal and severe crashes.
Cameron Williams, traffic engineer for the city of Tyler, described the project limits and safety rationale. “This project generally located is on State Highway 110 south of the loop,” Williams said, noting roughly half the corridor falls inside the city limits. Williams said the work would continue the raised-median cross section similar to South Broadway and add illumination and pedestrian crossings at key locations.
Council members asked about pedestrian crossing placement at known informal crossing points such as Shiloh, and Williams said TxDOT will make final decisions during design but city involvement is intended to coordinate cross-access and property owner concerns. Williams said access impacts will be discussed with landowners along the corridor.
Mayor and council members moved and seconded the resolution; the motion carried. The resolution states TxDOT is to lead design and provide funding, with the city participating in design coordination.
Background: city staff cited a history of fatal and severe crashes on the corridor between 2015 and 2024 and said the route carries higher speeds and volumes with mixed residential and retail land uses. The project limits as presented run from just south of Loop 323 where a raised median ends, turning into a two-way left-turn lane farther south toward County Road 2123.
Council papers indicate the project is a TxDOT-led design effort funded by TxDOT; specific construction schedule and a final list of pedestrian crossings were not set during the meeting.
