Tahlequah Daily Press April 17, 2023
State Rep. Bob Ed Culver, R-Tahlequah, on April 14 commented on two grant projects totaling close to $2.5 million awarded to the City of Tahlequah as part of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Program, which is mostly funded with Federal Highway Administration dollars.
The first project is for a sidewalk on South Muskogee Avenue – U.S. Highway 62 – from the South Muskogee and State Highway 51 Bypass to the South Muskogee and Southridge Road/Nancy Ward Drive intersection. Federal funding for this project is $1,123,858 with sponsor funds of $374,620.
“We’re happy to partner with ODOT like we have on many other projects in the city. These grant awards give us an opportunity to accomplish our goals of a more walkable city,” said Taylor Tannehill, planning and development director with the City of Tahlequah. “These funds push the projects up in our timelines for completion that otherwise would take years to complete. We received support from tribal and county officials as well as Northeastern State University as a part of our applications, so we certainly appreciate those partnerships. Our match for the Muskogee sidewalk project will come out of the half cent sales tax the citizens approved a few years ago for street and sidewalk projects. That tax allowed us to extend those dollars further and make a bigger impact for our sidewalk program.” View the full article: TahlequahDailyPress.com