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Posted: 04/18/2011
OKLAHOMA CITY - A new report finds that additional transportation funding provided by the Oklahoma legislature in recent years has allowed the state to accelerate bridge repair and replacement, pavement improvements and safety upgrades; however, significant deficiencies remain on Oklahoma’s surface transportation system and recent gains could be lost without continued support for transportation maintenance, improvement and expansion.
The report, “Future Mobility in Oklahoma: Meeting the State’s Needs for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” was released today by TRIP, a Washington, DC based national transportation organization.
It finds that from 2006 to 2010, an additional $748 million was made available for road, highway and bridge repairs in Oklahoma as a result of state legislative action taken since 2006. An additional $1.1 billion is anticipated to be provided for roadways in the state from 2011 to 2015 as a result of state legislative decisions, a total of approximately $1.8 billion from 2006 to 2015.
These additional transportation funds have allowed the state to decrease the number of structurally deficient, state-maintained bridges by 32 percent from 2005 to 2010. By 2015, the number of structurally deficient, state-maintained bridges is projected to decrease 57 percent from 2005 levels. Pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction has been accelerated on Oklahoma’s state-maintained roads... FULL ARTICLE
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Mon, April 18, 2011
by John Cox