The third and final turnpike rate increase of the Driving Forward program is set to take effect on July 15, 2019, but only if you pay in cash. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) is raising the rate by 2.5 percent.
“For nearly 78 percent of our customers, this toll increase will have no effect on them,” said Tim Gatz, OTA Executive Director. “This toll increase really makes it attractive for those paying cash to think about opening a Pikepass account and receive discounted travel.”
The Driving Forward program raised money for turnpike expansion projects throughout the state, including a 22-mile expansion of the Turner Turnpike between Bristow and Tulsa, a new turnpike between the Turner Turnpike at Luther south to I-40 in Oklahoma City and an extension of the Kilpatrick Turnpike which connects northwest Oklahoma City, Yukon and Mustang with the Will Rogers World Airport area.
Two other increases were put into effect in 2017 and 2018.
We want a vote by the public to do AWAY with the OTA. It’s time to open the roads up and do away with this slush fund. WE NEED FUNDS for rural roads and after what this group has done to eastern Oklahoma county…they need to be broke up.