Oklahoma Department of Transportation Media & Public Relations Division 200 N.E. 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK73105 Phone:405-521-6000 Fax: 405-521-2524 www.odot.org Contact: Cody Boyd Date: June 29, 2017
Media Advisory
***Note Date Change***
July
Transportation Commission Meeting
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission will hold its meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 5 in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21st St. in Oklahoma City. Items to be addressed at the meeting include:
Oklahoma
Department of Transportation Executive Director Mike Patterson will update the
commission on major projects impacting I-235 and US-75 traffic in the Oklahoma
City and Tulsa areas and the department’s ongoing preparation for US-69/75
reconstruction in Bryan County, which is being accelerated thanks to a federal
FASTLANE grant.
As part of the consent docket, commissioners
will be asked to consider approval of sign placement on several bridges in
southeastern Oklahoma honoring Choctaw Code Talkers in accordance with legislation
approved this year.
Commissioners are expected to vote on
whether to award contracts for traffic signal installation on US-62 in Lawton;
bridge replacement on SH-11 near Sperry; highway and bridge reconstruction on
US-64 near Pawnee and a county road reconstruction project on N.E. 164th
St. near Luther.
They will also be asked to consider
approval of engineering contracts for the design of SH-20 realignment in
Claremore and a study to help determine future improvements to the SH-152
(Airport Rd.) and I-44 corridors in southwest Oklahoma City.
The full agenda can be viewed at www.odot.org/meetings. The meeting is open to
the public or can be viewed live online at www.ustream.tv/channel/odot-monthly-commission-meeting. The commission, an
eight-member panel appointed by the governor to oversee the state’s
transportation development, awards project contracts for road and bridge
construction on a monthly basis.
If you have any questions about Monday’s meeting, call the ODOT Media and Public Relations office at 405-521-6000. Next month’s Oklahoma Transportation Commission meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7.
(Editors and News Directors: For questions, please call the ODOT
Media & Public Relations Division at 405-521-6000.)
