First Improve Our Tulsa public meeting puts focus on street work

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By: Samson Tamijani April 25, 2023 TULSA, Okla. — Tulsans can now weigh in on Mayor G.T. Bynum’s ambitious renewal of Improve Our Tulsa. First announced last month,the $772 million package offers to rebuild, replace, or improve dozens of city buildings and departments. "We have funded street work in Tulsa faster than the work can be done," Bynum said Monday inside the Union High School atrium of the city's past prioritizing of street improvements. Bynum called his renewed plan an ambitious vision of city improvements that doesn’t raise taxes. Instead, the $772 million needed will be raised by current sales tax rates over four years. The biggest chunk of the proposed funds - 36% - would go toward improving neighborhood and city streets. View the full article: KJRH.com