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Committee approves Oklahoma County five-year CIRB allocation plan to submit to ODOT
Summary
The Public Improvements and Infrastructure Committee approved the county's five-year County Improvement for Roads and Bridges (CIRB) allocation plan and directed staff to submit it to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to begin funding discussions and environmental work for listed projects.
During its March meeting, the Public Improvements and Infrastructure Committee voted to approve Oklahoma County's five-year CIRB allocation plan for submission to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).
A county staff member explained that the CIRB program funds are held at ODOT and that counties must submit an annual allocation plan "to basically compete for those funds," noting the plan attached to the meeting agenda. The staff member said the plan includes bridge projects for which the county wants to start environmental work.
"I would recommend we approve this plan so we can get it over to ODOT and start the discussion about what funds we can secure for some of our projects that are fairly far along," the staff member told the committee. Another committee member moved to approve the plan; a second was recorded, and the chair called the question. The motion carried.
County staff said the listed projects are in preliminary design and that environmental clearance is required before major work can begin; environmental review is often the longest part of the schedule. No specific fund amounts or project-by-project funding guarantees were provided in the meeting discussion.
The committee did not record a detailed roll-call vote in the transcript; the motion passed and staff will submit the allocation plan to ODOT.
