October Transportation Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, Oct. 2

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s mon­thly meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2, 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:

• The commission will consider approval of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s Eight-Year Construction Work Plan for Federal Fiscal Years 2024-2031. The annually updated plan contains nearly $9 billion in highway improvements statewide for the next eight years. The nearly $500 million Asset Preservation Plan addressing maintenance of existing infrastructure will also be presented.
• Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz will update the commission on the federal aid program and status of the appropriations bill.
• The commission will vote on whether to award several contracts, among them an estimated $4 million rehabilitation project on I-235 in Oklahoma City, a nearly $8 million Illinois River embankment project on SH-10 north of Tahlequah and a nearly $14 million project to resurface and add shoulders to US-283 in Roger Mills County.

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 on a monthly basis.