Tulsa World
By GAVIN OFF World Data Editor
Published: 2/25/2011 2:23 AM
Last Modified: 2/25/2011 5:52 AM
All legs of the Inner Dispersal Loop were opened to traffic Thursday for the first time since mid-2009.
Barriers on the eastbound lanes of the loop's north leg came down about the same time local, state and federal officials celebrated the highway's dedication at ONEOK Field.
The dedication, meant to celebrate the $75 million stimulus-funded repaving project, was moved inside because of rain.
It included representatives of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett, Gov. Mary Fallin, U.S. Rep. John Sullivan of the Tulsa area and U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who leads the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
"What is a Republican who voted against the stimulus package doing here?" Mica asked.
Mica, Sullivan and Fallin voted against the stimulus bill while in Congress... FULL ARTICLE
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Fri, February 25, 2011
by John Cox