April 21, 2011
By Robert Barron, Staff Writer
Enid News and Eagle
ENID — The term “ahead of time and under budget” was mentioned a lot Thursday during the city of Enid’s celebration of what eventually will be 10 new bridges.
The bridges have been built through funding from a 2008 bond issue, the first general obligation bond election passed in Enid in 65 years. Originally, the bond issue called for construction of seven new bridges. Because prices of materials were low and the efficiency of construction, the city was able to parlay seven bridges into 10. Nine have been built so far.
Gary Ridley, head of Oklahoma Department of Transportation, said the community decided to tax itself and invest in itself. He spoke Thursday at the ceremony at Cherokee Strip Conference Center... FULL ARTICLE
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