Street, bridge construction in Lawton is a sign of progress

Southwest Ledger 

By Mike W. Ray

January 21, 2025

LAWTON – The numerous traffic disruptions and detours here are a sign of progress, Mayor Stan Booker and Councilman George Gill contend.

The City of Lawton is engaged in “the largest street improvement program here in more than 50 years,” said Gill, chairman of the City Council’s Streets and Bridges Committee.

Booker announced his “10 Wins for the Citizens” mill-and-overlay street improvement project in October 2023. Those 10 streets were completed by Feb. 27, 2024 – 19 days ahead of schedule, Gill reported.

Subsequently the goal was expanded to 40 streets throughout the city and was renamed “On Target, On Time.” Booker said he wanted all 40 projects to be finished by Thanksgiving Day 2024. “We didn’t quite hit that deadline, but they’ll be completed soon,” the mayor said recently.

Gill’s goal for the city’s mill-and-asphalt-overlay program is now “105 in ’25!” he declared at the council meeting Jan. 14.

Two dozen of those streets have already been selected and approved by the City Council for improvements. “While we wait on the funding for those projects, we can get ready to go out for bids on them,” Gill said.

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