April Transportation Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, April 1

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s mon­thly meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, April 1, in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21^st St., Oklahoma City. Members of the public and media are invited to attend or watch the livestream video online.

 Items to be addressed at the meeting:

• Oklahoma Department of Transportation Executive Director Tim Gatz will present commissioners with Gov. Stitt’s proclamation declaring April 15-19 as Oklahoma’s “Work Zone Awareness Week,” events planned and a new public service announcement. 
• Gatz will mention ODOT’s efforts to prepare for the upcoming total solar eclipse April 8.
• Gatz will update the commission on the state of Oklahoma bridges in response to the bridge hit in Maryland.
• The commission will vote on whether to award several contracts, among them a bridge construction project on US-75 in Glenpool and a reconstruction and resurfacing project on Gray St. in Norman. An update will be given on the progress of the I-40 interchange redesign and widening in Midwest City.

To watch the commission meeting video livestream:

Ustream (Turn up the volume on your computer or other device and on Ustream)

The meeting also will be recorded, captioned and available to the public online later.

The commission, a nine-member panel appointed by the governor and legislative leaders to oversee the state’s transportation development, awards project contracts for road and bridge construction on a monthly basis.