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Final widening phase completes 40-year plan (OPINION)

Final widening phase completes 40-year plan (OPINION)

June 26, 2011
The Norman Transcript

NORMAN — In the 1970s, Oklahoma transportation planners envisioned a modern, six-lane interstate between Interstate 40 on the north and the Canadian River on the south. It would serve a booming metropolitan area that still had stretches of farmland in between.

Now, more than 35 years later, the project’s completion is just a few years away. Transportation officials unveiled the final leg of the multi-year project Wednesday night. It follows a meeting last year where various design options were discussed with follow-up comments from those most impacted by the changes.

An estimated 75,000 motorists travel that section of the interstate each day... FULL ARTICLE

 

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