January Transportation Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, Jan. 5

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s monthly meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5 in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21st St., Oklahoma City. Members of the public and media are invited to attend or watch the livestream.

Items to be addressed at the meeting:

• The American Concrete Pavement Association will present ODOT with an industry award for quality bridge construction on I-35 in Wynnewood.
  
  
• ODOT Executive Director Tim Gatz will provide an update to commissioners on multiple projects beginning this year that will have a major impact to traffic such as US-75 over Polecat Creek in Jenks, interchange reconstruction on I-40 in Clinton and progress on the US-70 Roosevelt bridge replacement.
  
  
• Gatz will reflect upon ODOT’s accomplishments and major milestones from 2025.
  
  
• Commissioners will be updated on the status of winter weather preparations and receive helpful driving tips to remember this season.

The full agenda packet may be viewed here.

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 monthly.