City of OKC awarded $25 million Safe Streets and Roads for All grant

City of Oklahoma City Press Release Published on January 12, 2026

The City of Oklahoma City was awarded $25 million in federal funding from the United States Department of Transportation last month to improve safety along OKC streets.

"Winning this $25 million Safe Streets and Roads for All implementation grant is a transformative moment for Oklahoma City," said Justin Henry, Transportation Program Planner. "It allows us to move beyond planning and take bold, measurable steps toward Vision Zero—making our streets safer for everyone, whether they walk, bike, drive, or ride transit. This investment will help us deliver infrastructure improvements, data-driven safety strategies, and additional planning to ensure accessibility for residents with disabilities to create a safer, more inclusive city."

OKC will use the grant to fund roadway improvements, expand public-private traffic calming programs and develop an Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Transition Plan.

The streets listed below may receive improvements such as turn lanes, bus pads, traffic signal upgrades, sidewalks, roundabouts, pavement markings, raised medians or other enhancements.

• NW 23rd Street from N Ann Arbor Avenue to N I-44.

• NW 10th Street from County Line Road to N Rockwell Avenue.

• S Pennsylvania Avenue from SW Grand Boulevard to SW 59th Street.

• SW 44th Street from I-44 Frontage Road to Johnston Drive.

• NW Expressway from N Council Road to N Wilshire Boulevard.

• I-240 & S Western Avenue.

• S Western Avenue & SW 119th Street.

• S Western Avenue & SW 104th Street.

• N Pennsylvania Avenue & NW 122nd Street.

• NW Expressway & N Portland Avenue.

The grant will also help fund citywide safety features, such as high-visibility crosswalks, street lighting, and retroreflective backplates on traffic signals, making them easier to see at night.

The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program supports the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Roadway Safety Strategy and Oklahoma City's goal of zero roadway deaths.

Public-private traffic calming

The Alternative Speed Abatement Program (ASAP) enables residents to take part in addressing neighborhood traffic speed concerns. Participation is voluntary and subject to eligibility requirements. The program was created to provide residents with an alternative to installing stop signs or requesting speed enforcement.

The SS4A grant will expand ASAP to include speed cushions and portable speed feedback sign options.

ADA Transition Plan

Part of this grant will allow the City to conduct ADA compliance reviews of its policies, programs, services, facilities, signalized intersections, public rights-of-way sidewalk corridors, and at-grade pedestrian railroad crossings. Based on the reviews, the City will create a budget for improvements and form an ADA Advisory Committee to ultimately develop an ADA Transition Plan.

Once the plan has been adopted, compliance training sessions will be conducted, and a dashboard will track the implementation progress of the ADA Transition Plan.

Construction timing has not been determined because a mutual grant agreement needs to be signed.

Learn more about OKC's adopted Vision Zero Action Plan at okc.gov.

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View the press release: OKC.gov