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Dec 1, 20211 min

Turnpike officials to consider expansion, improvement plan

Tulsa World
 
By Barbara Hoberock

December 1, 2021


 
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is considering a long-range plan that could include widening the Turner Turnpike and improving the Will Rogers Turnpike and other facilities, transportation spokeswoman Terri Angier said Tuesday.
 
The action comes as the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority wraps up the $1.3 billion Driving Forward, a turnpike expansion and improvement project that began under former Gov. Mary Fallin.
 
It included expanding the Gilcrease Expressway in Tulsa and building a new turnpike, the Kickapoo, in eastern Oklahoma County.
 
Driving Forward was funded by toll increases.
 
Angier said Tuesday that officials will seek input from the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority board.
 
She said it was important that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority board be comfortable with the agency looking at options, tweaks and improvements on the system.

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