Oklahoma Turnpike Authority goes back to drawing board as work resumes on $5B ACCESS plan

The Norman Transcript By Mindy Ragan Wood | Oklahoma Voice

Nov 22, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is rethinking its $5 billion turnpike expansion and improvement plans now that two lawsuits have been settled.

The agency recently acquired $500 million in bonds that will allow it to resume engineering design work and property acquisitions, but will reprioritize the order of the projects, said agency spokesperson Lisa Shearer-Salim in an email.

“OTA is reassessing the long-range plan and will reprioritize the nearly 60 projects in ACCESS Oklahoma based on several factors including the information from studies, design considerations, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation and inflation in construction costs,” she said. View the full article: NormanTranscript.com