Oklahoma approves eight-year construction plan

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved the latest edition of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Eight-Year Construction Work Plan at its meeting on Monday.

The plan addresses transportation infrastructure improvements scheduled for fiscal years 2025-2032 and includes $8.6 billion in highway construction and safety projects.

“Our eight-year plan serves as a guide for the department’s construction and maintenance efforts and allows us to ensure we are addressing as many transportation needs as we can statewide,” ODOT Executive Director Tim Gatz said. “Our main focus continues to be safety and reliability, and we are working to enhance safety by improving interchanges, adding shoulders to rural two-lane highways and addressing bridges statewide.”

The plan lists 1,647 total projects that include 3,755 miles of roadway improvements, 954 miles of which are on two-lane highways with deficient or no shoulders; and 632 bridges, 299 of which are structurally deficient or at-risk bridges.

Projects include 14 that total more than $377 million on the southern I-35 corridor. Nearly 53 miles of I-35 will be widen between the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma-Texas state line.

Since 2022, construction costs increased more than 60 percent. No projects were removed from the plan, but some were redistributed to accommodate the increases.

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