April Commission Meeting scheduled for Monday, April 3

April Transportation Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, April 3

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s mon­thly meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, April 3, 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:

• Secretary of Transportation and Oklahoma Department of Transportation Executive Director Tim Gatz will unveil the agency’s spring Work Zone Safety Awareness campaign, including a proclamation from Gov. Kevin Stitt and debut of a new public service announcement.
• Commissioners are expected to vote to award 62 projects totaling more than $52 million in municipal transportation alternatives such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, downtown revitalization and others, as part of the Transportation Alternative Program.
• Commissioners will also consider voting to approve $10 million to help eight cities address 11 structurally deficient bridges as part of Bridge Formula Program Funding.
• The commission is expected to vote on whether to award several contracts, among them, an estimated $4 million resurfacing of the Duncan Bypass in Stephens County, a more than $2 million resurfacing of US-60 near Fairland in Ottawa County and $2 million resurfacing of SH-9 between Newcastle and Norman in McClain County.The full agenda 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 on a monthly basis.