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Owasso staff outline $12.5M lane‑widening plan and plan to apply for federal surface transportation funds
Summary
Staff proposed applying for up to $4 million in Surface Transportation Block Grant funds to widen East 80 Sixth Street North between North Garnett and North 119th East Avenue; estimated project cost $12.5 million with the city portion about $8 million and application due March 14.
Dwayne Henderson, a city staff member, briefed the council on a proposal to apply for Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funds to widen East 80 Sixth Street North from North Garnett to North 119th East Avenue and to modernize signals and pavement.
Henderson said traffic counts for the corridor range from about 21,000 to 25,000 vehicles per day and that the city has previously secured similar federal funds for other road projects. He said the project concept covers widening the outside lanes by one lane, replacing aging concrete pavement (about 30–35 years old) and updating traffic signals. Henderson gave a conceptual project cost of $12.5 million and said the STBG program allows a maximum federal award of $4 million for this…
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