Council Approves Moving Forward with Downtown Parking Garage

TYLER — The Tyler City Council has unanimously voted to authorize Walker Parking Consultants/Engineers, Inc., to proceed to the final design stage for a parking structure in downtown Tyler and for construction of the garage, which will be named the Fair Plaza Garage. The Council previously authorized Walker Parking to conduct preliminary design in January 2012. The project has reached the 50 percent design stage and will now proceed into final design.

“This project is long overdue and key to the revitalization of downtown,” said Tyler Mayor Barbara Bass. “We are now prepared to move forward with this important project. The garage will be an integral part of the entry point into downtown. “We are particularly pleased that the façade will be in keeping with the look, history and feel of our downtown.” Go to http://www.cityoftyler.org for more details on this story.