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Commissioners approve county five-year transportation plan, including Tomahawk Road and Mule Creek bridge projects
Summary
The Haskell County Board of Commissioners voted to approve an updated five-year transportation plan presented by a county CD representative. The plan lists multiple road and bridge projects, proposed letting timelines, and notes collaboration with tribal nations on several projects.
The Haskell County Board of Commissioners approved an updated five-year transportation plan after a presentation from a county CD representative on programs and projects scheduled over the next five years.
The plan, presented by Scott (CD representative), lists a low-water crossing at Sand Boys Creek in District 2 and a Phase 2 reconstruction of Tomahawk Road — a project described as just over 4 miles with a project estimate of $9,380,000 — both expected to be advertised for letting in early fall. The presentation also identified a deficient-bridge replacement at Mule Creek (in-house design) and a Chicksaw Creek project in District 3 that the presenter said was being readied for kickoff. The presenter said utilities for Tomahawk Road had been relocated.
Commissioners discussed right-of-way widths on Tribal lands, noting differences among nations (the presenter referenced 33-foot right-of-way in Choctaw Nation, compared with other nations). The presenter said some projects sit in later program years (one project was cited as scheduled for fiscal year 2032) and mentioned ongoing partnerships with tribal nations to advance county transportation work.
Commissioners approved the plan, and the presenter supplied two printed copies for signatures; one copy would remain with the presenter and one with the county. The recorded roll-call responses during the motion indicated affirmative votes by Bart McCleary, Larry Watson and Bailey Cloud. No amendments to the plan were recorded during the meeting.
Less formal items discussed during the presentation included local programming needs (a ridge project and other district-level requests) and routine coordination items with the Choctaw Nation and other tribal governments on project delivery.
The county will retain the signed plan and proceed with preliminary scheduling steps noted in the presentation; the presenter said notices for letting are expected in early fall for several projects.
Two copies of the plan were signed at the meeting as part of the approval process; the county will keep one and the presenter took the other for his records.
