Patrick
07-28-2005, 03:27 PM
Looks like Tulsa is finally going to get the funds to widen I-44. All I have to say is it's about time. I completely understand Tulsa's frustration with lack of highway funds. I-44 has needed work for years now.
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"Road plans for Tulsa revealed
By Larry Levy
The Oklahoman
TULSA - A $3.6 billion program to update the Tulsa area's transportation system during the next 25 years is to be unveiled today at a public hearing held by the Indian Nations Council of Governments.
State's roads / bridges
Fixing Oklahoma's bridges -- the nation's worst -- would cost taxpayers billions of dollars. All proposed remedies fall woefully short, The Oklahoman has found.
The long-range plan, updated every five years to meet federal requirements, includes the Tulsa metropolitan area from Sapulpa on the west to Claremore on the east, and from Collinsville on the north to Coweta on the south, said Timothy Armer, transportation planning manager.
The top priority is widening the four-mile stretch of Interstate 44 from S Yale Avenue west to the Arkansas River, which is a project near the land acquisition stage.
The second priority is a four-lane portion of I-44 on the east side of Tulsa where the highway drops from 10 lanes to four lanes and increases to 12 lanes, Armer said.
Roads in all categories will get about 80 percent of the dollars, based on current funding trends, with about 20 percent made available for public transportation and about 2.5 percent, or $88 million, for biking and pedestrian trails, he said.
The public hearing will be at 10 a.m. today at the Tulsa City-County Central Library."
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"Road plans for Tulsa revealed
By Larry Levy
The Oklahoman
TULSA - A $3.6 billion program to update the Tulsa area's transportation system during the next 25 years is to be unveiled today at a public hearing held by the Indian Nations Council of Governments.
State's roads / bridges
Fixing Oklahoma's bridges -- the nation's worst -- would cost taxpayers billions of dollars. All proposed remedies fall woefully short, The Oklahoman has found.
The long-range plan, updated every five years to meet federal requirements, includes the Tulsa metropolitan area from Sapulpa on the west to Claremore on the east, and from Collinsville on the north to Coweta on the south, said Timothy Armer, transportation planning manager.
The top priority is widening the four-mile stretch of Interstate 44 from S Yale Avenue west to the Arkansas River, which is a project near the land acquisition stage.
The second priority is a four-lane portion of I-44 on the east side of Tulsa where the highway drops from 10 lanes to four lanes and increases to 12 lanes, Armer said.
Roads in all categories will get about 80 percent of the dollars, based on current funding trends, with about 20 percent made available for public transportation and about 2.5 percent, or $88 million, for biking and pedestrian trails, he said.
The public hearing will be at 10 a.m. today at the Tulsa City-County Central Library."