Council Approves Agreement with DART for Projects that Complement the Public Transportation System

In October of 2022, DART's Board of Directors approved the allocation of $233.9 million back to DART service area cities for Public Transportation System or Complementary Transportation purposes. The money is largely made up of excess sales tax revenue collected from the cities between 2019 and 2021. Addison's share of the allocation, which is based on the greater of each entity's sales tax generated for DART during FY's 2021 & 2022 or population, is $4.411 million.

At its February 28 meeting, the Addison City Council approved the Public Transportation Interlocal Agreement (ILA) that was approved by DART's Board of Directors on November 15, 2022. As part of the agreement, Addison must submit proposed projects to DART by January 1, 2024, contracts for eligible projects must be awarded by the Town by February 28, 2025, and eligible projects must be substantially complete by January 30, 2026.

Council will discuss potential projects at a future meeting.

You can watch Council's DART funding discussion here and read the presentation here.