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Main Street recommends scaled 'Plan A' for downtown streetscape; ODOT offers $105,000
Summary
Main Street told the Pryor Creek street committee it recommends 'Plan A' — reduced bulb-outs, mast-arm traffic signals and scaled-back landscaping — and reported an ODOT offer of $105,000 to offset signal costs; the project still requires engineering, council approval and future bids.
Main Street representative Miss Bridal told the Pryor Creek street committee that the downtown streetscape team recommends Plan A, a modified design that trims bulb-outs and landscaping and substitutes mast-arm traffic signals for pedestal lights to reduce long-term maintenance and preserve on-street parking. "Overall, the votes were for Plan A," she said, summarizing the street committee's decision and town-hall feedback.
Bridal said the project’s pre-reengineering cost estimate was approximately $942,206. She said reengineering work already approved by the EDTA totals about $38,200 and that those redesign funds will be paid from Fund 68. Bridal said the town has been notified that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has offered $105,000 specifically toward the mast-arm signals and that ODOT will handle bidding and vendor payments for the work.
"ODOT will bid it, ODOT will control it, and then they'll pay the vendors directly," another staff member present said, explaining that the arrangement reduces the town’s upfront cash-flow burden.
Bridal and other speakers emphasized that exact costs will not be known until engineering is complete and bids come back. She told the committee the streetscape effort would proceed in phases, with Phase 1 covering the intersection of Adair and Graham, and that later phases east on Graham Avenue are contingent on funding. ODOT’s timeline was described as three months from plan approval to start of bidding; speakers also noted that multi-year lead times are common for similar TAP-funded projects and estimated it could be roughly five years from inception to construction start in some cases.
The committee did not take a final vote on the streetscape at this meeting; Bridal asked the street committee to endorse forwarding the recommended plan to city council for final approval, after which ODOT would complete 100% plan approval and solicit bids.
