Muskogee Phoenix
October 15, 2011
— Gov. Mary Fallin wants to fix all deficient bridges in Oklahoma’s highway system.
A report released in April by The Road Information Program indicated Oklahoma ranked second in the nation, behind only Pennsylvania, in the number of bridges rated structurally deficient. The Washington, D.C.-based group’s report said 22 percent of bridges in Oklahoma were structurally deficient in 2010 and an additional 7 percent were functionally obsolete.
All 706 of the state’s deficient bridges need to be fixed. It’s not a “someday” project. It’s a “now” project.
Fallin realizes that. Her plan calls for lawmakers to increase the amount of state revenue set aside for road and bridge repairs by $15 million per year and raise the road and bridge maintenance cap to $550 million to repair all of the state’s structurally deficient bridges by 2019 without raising taxes, tolls or fees.
That’s a bold plan... FULL ARTICLE
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Sat, October 15, 2011
by John Cox