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ODOT awards $5.47 million from municipal road drilling fund to 11 cities
Summary
The commission approved $5,470,000 in municipal road drilling activity funds to assist 11 cities with repairing or replacing nearly 17 miles of municipal roadways damaged by oilfield activity.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved awarding $5,470,000 from the Municipal Road Drilling Activity Fund to 11 cities to repair or replace 16.96 miles of municipal roadways damaged by increased oilfield activity.
Mr. Mitchell presented Item 21 and cited Title 11, Section 37‑501 as the statutory authority to assist municipalities with populations under 15,000 that have experienced roadway damage due to oilfield activities. "After reviewing requests for participation in funding the department recommends awarding municipal road drilling activity funds totaling $5,470,000," Mr. Mitchell said. He said the award would assist 11 cities and would fund repair or replacement of 16.96 miles of municipal roadways.
Commissioner Dyson moved approval and the motion was seconded; the commission voted to approve the awards. The department did not list the 11 cities by name during the presentation in the meeting record and did not provide a per‑city funding breakdown on the audio record.
ODOT will proceed to allocate the funds to the approved applicant cities to repair or replace the identified municipal roadway miles under the statutory program.
