Tulsa World
By Sharon Bishop-Baldwin
Jun 6, 2023
The City Council has signed off on a revision of a project to add a right-turn lane from northbound Oklahoma 97 just north of the Arkansas River Bridge onto eastbound Main Street.
Although the revision will cost an additional $172,786.25 now, the work will be done in one phase instead of two; it ultimately will cost less than if done in two phases; it won’t take any longer than originally planned; and motorists will be far happier with the result, city leaders said.
The council agreed to the revision at its May 22 meeting. The contract for construction on the project originally had been awarded at the council’s Feb. 27 meeting.
Under the original design, vehicles in the right-turn lane still would have been subject to delays from trains as a result of the location of the railroad crossing arm, said Public Works Director and City Engineer Derek Campbell.
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