Council approves $259,000 Kimley-Horn contract to update city traffic master plan
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Broken Arrow authorized a $259,000 professional engineering contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates to update the city's traffic master plan, replacing a 2009 Jacobs study and using modern GPS-based traffic data for intersection and corridor analysis.
Broken Arrow City Council approved a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for an updated traffic master plan and related technical work, staff said.
Kenny Schwab, assistant city manager of operations, briefed the council on the item and said the city's prior traffic master plan—conducted by Jacobs Engineering in 2009—was now 15–16 years out of date. Schwab said the new contract, for $259,000, will re-evaluate average daily traffic, levels of service at intersections, current and projected capacity constraints, and incorporate newer data sources such as GPS-based, real-time travel information rather than relying solely on spot intersection counts.
Schwab told the council he and staff interviewed a short list of firms and selected Kimley-Horn for their national practice, experience designing roundabouts and experience working previously in the community. He said the updated plan will support project prioritization and inform the administration’s bond program planning.
A council member noted the plan’s potential value to a future bond issue and to focusing intersection versus corridor improvements; Schwab responded the study will help identify whether constraints are intersection-specific or corridor-wide. The council then voted to approve the agreement on the consent calendar.
