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Looks like the Turner Turnpike will be closed for motorists going east between I-35 and Wellston overnight Monday. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority doesn’t say what work its doing but presumably it’s connected to the EOC. Traffic will reroute up to SH 66 and can get back on the Turner at Wellston. From the OTA’s social
The turnpike work is good for some in Luther. The lunch spots get a rush from the crews and Steve’s Hardware is getting some business. The crews working to build the Eastern Oklahoma County Corridor south of town are marching south from where it connects at the Turner Turnpike between 178th and 164th Streets, criss-crossing
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority recently approved requests to surplus a number of parcels of land along Luther Road in Harrah that it purchased for the new Eastern Oklahoma County Turnpike. An OTA spokesman said the parcels of land that are about 12 acres each will go to auction. The properties are all along Luther Road
Turnpike travelers, take note: the Turner Turnpike will have numerous overnight closures starting June 7 as construction ramps up on the new Eastern Oklahoma County Turnpike. Motorists will have be detoured to State Highway 66. The closures are to accommodate installation of bridge beams near Luther Road on the new interchange that connects the Turner
With another constitutional challenge cleared in court, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is proceeding with his $480 million bond sale to fund its new turnpike program, Driving Forward. At Tuesday’s OTA meeting, Director Tim Gatz told the Authority that the bond sale will be announced in newspapers next week. Officials later said the announcement will be in newspapers
About 40 or so residents of Eastern Oklahoma County attended the annual Eggs & Issues Breakfast Wednesday morning at Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center. State Representatives Lewis Moore, Tess Teague and Senator Ron Sharp spoke to the gathering and then fielded a few questions during the hour long meeting. “It’s just as bad this year as
A dictionary, the state’s Open Records laws, the Oklahoma constitution and meeting minutes of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority were cited in Tuesday’s lawsuit challenging the OTA’s funding of its proposed $480 million Driving Forward Program. Constitutional advocate Jerry Fent filed the lawsuit 20 days after the court denied his earlier protests that the OTA’s practices
Constitutional advocate Jerry Fent is not done with his fight against the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Twenty days ago, the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected the Oklahoma City attorney’s claim that the funding mechanism for the proposed $480 million Driving Forward turnpike program violated the constitution by logrolling (combining more than one project at a time) and
The State Supreme Court today gave the nod to a $480 million bond issuance to fund the Driving Forward turnpike program, including the Eastern Oklahoma County Turnpike. The case has been stalled at the state high court since early October following a referee hearing where attorneys for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority pled its case. In addition, the “protestant” Jerry Fent
“This practice might be legal but it sure isn’t moral,” said Hawthorne.
