Each year, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission has the opportunity to add projects to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Eight Year Work Plan. On Monday, the Commission approved the projects through Federal Fiscal Year 2027.
The Eight Year Work Plan is used as a guide for ODOT to address the state’s bridge conditions, update road miles to be safer, and direct new infrastructure projects.
“The metrics were selected to directly move the needle in three key areas,” Secretary of Transportation and ODOT Executive Director Tim Gatz said. “First, we must continue to replace and address bridges, not only to finish tackling structurally deficient bridges, but also to maintain good standing and stay ahead of the needs of our aging infrastructure. Second, we must improve two-lane highways with deficient shoulders to provide an added layer of safety when driver errors occur. And third, we must improve pavement conditions to increase safety as well as lower vehicle costs to the driving public. If we apply ourselves to these goals, we can make Oklahoma a ‘Top 10 State’ in these categories.”
The new Eight Year Work Plan includes nearly $6.5 billion in federal, state, local and tribal transportation funding for nearly 14-hundred projects.
The Commission also approved the $482 million Asset Preservation Plan through 2023 to extend the life of highway infrastructure. Additionally, County Improvements for Roads and Bridges Plan for State Fiscal Year 2020 – 2024 was approved with nearly $1 billion in projects.
