OUR VIEW: Welcoming less pain on Perkins

Stillwater News Press August 26, 2023

Congratulations are in order for Duit Construction, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the City of Stillwater and, really, anyone who has had to drive or do business on Perkins Road.

According to Vice Mayor Amy Dzialowski, ODOT told the City that the project is going to meet its major deadline of having all the lanes open by the first OSU football game.

It couldn’t have been easy.

It certainly wasn’t easy on travelers, and definitely not for businesses, some that saw a dramatic dip in revenue. It’s hard to blame people for avoiding the area, but we’re certainly grateful to those who stuck it out to still patronize local businesses.

Road construction is always hard. It’s also always unavoidable. It’s certainly necessary most of the time, and the No. 1 complaint in Stillwater are the road conditions.

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