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Broken Arrow council approved Houston Street widening contracts, city says
Summary
Councilors approved two construction contracts to widen sections of Houston Street to five lanes and upgrade sidewalks and ADA ramps; the city said work will be sequenced so adjacent miles are not under construction at the same time. Contract amounts and vote tallies were not specified in the meeting summary.
Aaron McCullough, with the communications team at the City of Broken Arrow, and Councilor Lisa Ford reviewed actions from a recent 49-minute council meeting, including approval of two construction contracts to widen Houston Street.
Councilor Lisa Ford said the city approved a project to widen Houston Street between County Line Road and Highway 51 to five lanes and likewise approved widening from Olive to Aspen from three lanes to five. "We approved that last night," Ford said, describing the votes taken at the prior council meeting.
Ford said the city will include sidewalks and ADA ramp upgrades as part of the work to improve walkability and safety. She also identified the contractor for the Olive–Aspen/Olive–Garnett work in the meeting as "Becca"; the transcript does not provide a fuller legal business name.
City staff and the council discussed construction sequencing intended to minimize traffic disruption. Aaron McCullough noted that construction on the Olive–Aspen segment will not begin until crews finish the west mile between Garnett and Olive so residents will not face two miles of simultaneous construction.
The transcript does not include contract dollar amounts, motion language, mover/second names or vote tallies for the approvals; those details are not specified in the meeting summary and are listed as not specified in city records referenced during the briefing.
Next steps: the awarded contracts will proceed to the construction phase under the stated sequencing; the city will publish more detailed contract documents on its public records pages if and when they are released by staff.
