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Broken Arrow council approves submission of three federal grant applications for road projects
Summary
City council approved submission of three Surface Transportation Block Grant applications totaling $12 million to help fund three roadway projects, officials said. The projects together are estimated to cost about $30 million.
The Broken Arrow City Council approved sending three Surface Transportation Block Grant applications to federal funders, city officials said, seeking $4,000,000 for each application.
The applications, approved on the consent agenda, seek federal support for three roadway projects: widening County Line from Albany to Omaha; widening Olive Avenue from Kenosha to Albany; and improvements at the Washington Street and County Line Road intersection. Aaron McCullough, director of communications for the City of Broken Arrow, said the requests total about $12,000,000 in federal funds for projects estimated to cost roughly $30,000,000 overall.
Vice Mayor Johnny Parks said the grants would “speed it up” because, without them, the city would need to rely more on local tax revenues or bond issues. “If we can get these grants, which is a total of $12,000,000, it is very beneficial,” Parks said.
City officials said the roughly $18,000,000 balance of the estimated project cost would come from local funding sources; specific allocations were not specified in the meeting recording.
The grant applications are for the federal Surface Transportation Block Grant program. The council approved the submission during the consent portion of its meeting; no individual mover or second was recorded in the transcript.
The timeline for award decisions or next steps was not specified at the meeting. McCullough directed residents seeking more details to the city’s agendas and minutes page on the city website.
