Seat belt campaign kicks off; more than $125 million in projects awarded

The Duncan Banner Submitted Content Nov 10, 2026

Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s Monday, Nov. 2 meeting include a briefing on several interim studies, a kickoff of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s statewide seat belt safety campaign and an update on a U.S.-69 reconstruction project in Muskogee.

ODOT Interim Executive Director T.J. Dill touched on interim studies on artificial intelligence and accountability; considerations to make U.S.-70 a historic highway; wrong-way driving and the challenges of how to fund and manage the future of our infrastructure system.

Sponsored by Sen. Darcy Jech, the department joined the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and other government leadership in discussing the latter interim study of inflationary pressure on transportation construction. While inflation and increased costs are having an impact on how the department moves forward on deciding which projects to build and how to continue maintaining, it will always find innovative ways to improve infrastructure.

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