Street Maintenance Sales Tax Program

Mill and Overlay work is scheduled to take place at the following locations:

• W. Lamar Boulevard (Cooper Street to N. Davis Drive)
• Randol Mill Rd (Fielder Road to *Asphalt end - 2012 Randol Mill Road)
• Mesquite Street (Sanford Street to W Front Street)
• Ballycastle Drive (Cold Springs Drive to Cavalry Post Drive)
• Belmont Park Drive (Cold Springs Drive to Cavalry Post Drive)
• Cavalry Post Drive (Cold Springs Drive to SW Green Oaks Drive)
• Churchill Downs Drive (Cold Springs Drive to Cavalry Post Drive)
• Citation Drive (Cold Springs Drive to Cavalry Post Drive)
• Cold Springs Drive (SW Green Oaks Boulevard to Cavalry Post Drive)
• Derby Hill Drive (Cold Springs Drive to Nathan Lowe Road)
• Colombia Drive (Bowman Springs Road to West Dead End)
• Anchorage Drive (Columbia Drive to Lake Park Court)
• Cheshire Drive (Lake Park Drive to Enchanted Bay Boulevard)
• Corsair Court (Michelle Drive to Cul-de-sac)
• Corvette Court (Michelle Drive to Cul-de-sac)
• Dodd Court (Michelle Drive to Cul-de-sac)
• Lake Park Court (Lake Park Drive to West Dead End)
• Lake Park Drive (Lake Park Court to Cheshire Drive)
• McMillian Court (Anchorage Drive to Cul-de-sac)
• Michelle Drive (Lake Park Court to Cheshire Drive)
• Patsy Court (Anchorage Drive to Cul-de-sac)
• Canberra Lane (Kesler Drive to Flintshire Court)
• Ashworth Court (Arborgate Drive to Cul-de-sac)
• Flintshire Court (U.S. 287 to Cul-de-sac)
• Arborgate Drive (Little Road to Canberra Lane)
• Kesler Drive (Arborgate Drive to Canberra Lane)
• Arkansas Ln (Engleford Dr to Medlin Dr)
• Fielder Road (Mayfield Road to California Lane)
• Pecan Street (Mitchell Street to Park Row Drive)

View additional locations schedule to be completed under the 2024 Street Maintenance Program

2024 Street Maintenance Locations(PDF, 5MB)

The Texas Tax code authorizes all cities to establish a special sales tax for the repair and maintenance of existing city streets. Establishment, or continuation, of the tax must be approved by a city’s voters. Currently, a one quarter-cent sales tax is collected from all sales transactions occurring within the City of Arlington that are subject to sales tax.

The funds collected provide cost-effective rehabilitation and preventive maintenance of public streets within the city limits of Arlington. The goal is to improve mobility and maintain roadways to prevent deterioration and costly rebuilds.

Arlington voters initially approved the street maintenance sales tax in September 2002. Voters reauthorized a sales tax in 2006, 2010, 2014, and most recently in May 2018. Prior to the existence of the street maintenance sales tax, a fee for street maintenance was collected through water utility bills.

Approximately $196 million has been collected since collection of the street maintenance tax began in January 2003.

Texas Tax Code limits the use of the funds collected to the maintenance or repair of municipal streets and sidewalks in existence on the day of the election to adopt or reauthorize the tax. Funds collected may not be used to build new roads. Maintenance programs funded by the street maintenance sales tax include:

• Asphalt Reclamation: Is where the full depth of the asphalt surface is pulverized 10 – 12 inches, and the road base material under the pavement is mixed with lime/cement stabilization to ensure the new road base has the proper density to support the new asphalt surface. Asphalt is then repaved at a depth of 6 inches. This method is for streets that rate poorly on the OCI rating. (red streets)
• Concrete Panel Replacement: References the repair process of concrete roadways either residential, arterial, or major thoroughfares. When making appropriate repairs to concrete streets – it often requires excavation of multiple sections of individual concrete panels that are damaged or in poor condition. Each individual section or square is referred to as concrete panel. The damaged panels are excavated/removed, new base material is filled/compacted prior to new concrete being poured into place. (red & yellow streets)
• Crack Seal: Filling cracks in the road surface with rubberized crack sealant to prevent moisture penetrating the sub-grade and causing pavement failure.
• Mill & Overlay: Is where the asphalt surface is milled down 2 inches and then repaved with new asphalt surface. This method is for streets in mid-average OCI rating, where the road base is in good condition. (yellow streets)
• Miscellaneous Concrete and Handicap Ramps: Removal and replacement of curb, gutter, sidewalks, and driveway approaches in advance of the asphalt reclamation process. This program also includes replacement of adjacent sidewalks to ensure proper grade and installation of compliant ramps as per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Sidewalk Replacement: Permanent repair of locations throughout the city that have been temporarily patched with asphalt to eliminate tripping hazards. 

Unless reauthorized by voters in a subsequent “reauthorization election”, the tax will expire December 31, 2026.