 Beautification amenities, such as decorative plantings, shade trees, improved lighting, wider sidewalks, traffic signal upgrades, and enhanced crosswalks are included in this project.
Construction will begin in June following the Broken Arrow City Council’s unanimous approval to award the New Orleans Street and Elm Place Intersection and Streetscape Improvements contract to Diversified Civil Contractors, LLC, during its meeting on May 17.
Diversified submitted the lowest responsible bid of $4,465,993.50. The project to revamp the intersection is the latest installment of the revitalization efforts of New Orleans Square in south Broken Arrow.
A new pavement configuration will include two through lanes in each direction along with dedicated left turn lanes at the intersection. Also, a dedicated right turn lane is included along northbound Elm Place for right turns onto eastbound New Orleans Street.
The proposed improvements include replacement of the interior intersection with a decorative full depth concrete pavement using colored/patterned concrete and pavers.
For more on this exciting project go to Intersection work to begin soon at New Orleans Square.
 City of Broken Arrow GIS Department from left Clifford Montgomery, Willard Gustafson, and Clint Myers.
If you are wondering when that transportation project will begin in your neighborhood? You can go to the Capital Improvements Map on the City's website for up-to-date information on all current and future projects.
Planning a wedding and need help? You can go to the Rose District Wedding page and see a map of venues, bakeries, and desserts all on one page.
Or perhaps you are looking for a place to take the kids to play? You can go to the Parks and Recreation directory to find trails, pools, and splash pads.
And, if you'd like to learn more about our award-winning Rose District or want to know where to park, there's the Rose District Parking Locator.
These are just a few ways the City's GIS Department is improving how the city operates by creating user-friendly applications to help citizens find the best of BA!
GIS stands for geographic information systems. Our GIS Department creates, analyzes, manages, and disseminates all kinds of location data.
To learn more about the work of our GIS department, go to GIS Department impacting the City.
 North Pecan Place is one of the many street projects completed this fiscal year paid for by the 0.25 percent Street Tax Fund. The City has invested approximately $11.5 million in roadway projects and neighborhoods in the last four years.
The estimated cost for a one-mile lane stretch of roadway reconstruction is approximately $1.4 million. Considering that the City of Broken Arrow has 1,200 lane miles to maintain, it must be very strategic in its scheduled yearly road maintenance.
Part of that strategy is using a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) range schedule. The PCI range considers a roadway's condition and relative remaining life and rates it based on a numeric field. The scoring is derived from a consultant driving the City's Street network system to analyze the roads.
Learn more about the process and watch Streets and Stormwater Director Rocky Henkel's presentation to the City Council here.
The project will replace a concrete box culvert near the Indian Springs addition.
A detour is in place on West Jasper Street (131st St.), between Aspen Avenue and Elm Place (161st St.). The roadway will be closed to through traffic from Estates Avenue to Shadowood Avenue to remove and replace an existing concrete box culvert to facilitate greater storm sewer creek flow.
A detour route will be implemented from Jasper Street to Tucson (121st St.) for all through traffic. Residents of the neighborhoods in the area will have access to the subdivisions on either side of the closure.
"The road closure will be in effect 24/7 as this section of the road will be removed to replace the culvert," Construction Division Manager Timothy Robins said.
The street is expected to re-open in time for the August start of school, and the project should be complete by October. Watch it on YouTube.
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