Over the past eleven years, the Community Investment Tax has generated $993.7 million to fund a wide range of improvements that will greatly benefit our community.The funds are and will be used for capital improvement projects throughout Hillsborough County, including the City of Tampa, Plant City and Temple Terrace in the following areas: education, public safety, transportation, water, wastewater, reclaimed water, stormwater, community stadiums, parks, libraries, museums, and government facilities.
The Community Investment Tax is a half-penny sales tax approved by voters in September 1996. 25 percent of the revenue collected from this tax is designated for the construction of new public school facilities. NOTE: The projects and their costs and status in this current report are as of September 30, 2008.
For information and assistance on the Community Investment Tax projects and all other County construction projects, call (813) 272-5275.
This report includes information on the following jurisdictions and their use of the Community Investment Tax:
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Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART)
HART is working on four projects funded through the Community Investment Tax. Acting on the recommendations of the Transportation Task Force, the County Commission approved the following projects proposed by HART:
- A North-South bus rapid transit line using specially branded and equipped buses that have state of the art signal technology to provide a high-quality transit experience at a cost of $32 million
- Planning and engineering studies in preparation for an East-West bus rapid transit line at a cost of $3 million
- Land acquisition and construction of two large scale park-and-ride lots for transit users to be located in the Brandon area and northeast of the University of South Florida at a cost of $4 million
- Planning, construction, and coordination of a transit signal priority system that will allow buses to operate with greater efficiency on major thoroughfares in the county at a cost of $2 million
Taken together these projects will improve the operational efficiency of the existing bus system, introduce a new level of transit service with bus rapid transit, and allow for more opportunities and better access to HART’s express bus service to serve commuters. Work is currently being performed on all four projects.
View HART’s Complete Project Status List
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