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Ceremony for Gilcrease Expressway

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The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on the Gilcrease Expressway extension as part of the Driving Forward initiative on October 22.  Gov. Kevin Stitt, Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz and other officials attended the event. “This groundbreaking ceremony represents our effort and determination to make Oklahoma…

Kickapoo Turnpike officially named

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OKLAHOMA — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) Board of Directors voted to approve the Kickapoo Turnpike as the official name of the Driving Forward initiative’s Eastern Oklahoma County corridor construction project at its monthly board meeting. “We are honored to recognize the Kickapoo Tribe through the naming of the Kickapoo Turnpike,” Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation…

Cash customers are going to pay more for the turnpikes

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The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) will enforce the third toll increase for the Driving Forward initiative on July 15. However, the planned increase only affects cash customers. Pikepass account holders rates will remain the same. The 2.5 percent increase will take effect on July 15. These toll increases were related to the Driving Forward Program,…

Flooding

Federal help approved as Tulsa cleans up from flooding

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President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster in Tulsa, Wagoner and Muskogee counties in the wake of the recent tornadoes, heavy rains and flooding that started May 7. This means Oklahoma businesses and residents can apply for low-interest federal disaster loans, according to, U.S. Small Business Administration’s acting Administrator Christopher M. Pilkerton. Businesses of…

Turner Turnpike work advancing

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The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) report that a section of the Driving Forward Turner Turnpike expansion project will be completed several months ahead of schedule. Officials held a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the first half of the Turner Turnpike expansion project with the completion of the first eight miles of the project on…

OTA finally gets it right but Tulsa causes traffic delays

Tulsa Beacon

Having taken to task the possible construction deficiencies of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) with the Cimarron Turnpike which connects Tulsa with I-35 north of Stillwater, it seems only fair to give credit for actions in a widening project on the Turner Turnpike (the first state toll, road built in the 1950s if memory serves…