Owasso seeks consultants for transportation master plan and first pavement‑management program

Public works staff presented proposals to hire consultants to update Owasso’s transportation master plan and to establish the city’s first pavement‑management program.

Dwayne Henderson described a scope that would evaluate arterials and collectors, consider alternate routes, study intersection improvements and signal timing (with a priority review of the congested 86th Street North corridor), identify sidewalk gaps and perform an ADA‑ramp inventory. The transportation update would also examine downtown on‑street parking and integrate an existing trails plan where helpful.

For the pavement‑management plan, staff explained modern scanning technology collects continuous imagery and laser profiling to score pavement condition index (PCI) and produce an overall condition index (OCI). Staff said the firm will provide software and three years of access as part of the contract; the memo cited a proposal cost in the packet of approximately $420,000. Henderson said funding is available from the half‑penny sales tax (the transportation tax) and that staff intends to bring negotiated agreements back to council, likely at the first May meeting.

Councilors asked how additive alternates (lane additions, timing updates) would interact; staff said a near‑term signal‑timing update for 86th Street North is an immediate operational fix while lane‑addition alternatives would be a more structural, longer‑term project. Staff also noted a previously funded future pavement project that will replace underlying pavement at the 86th Street railroad crossing, and said coordinating design and timing will be important.

If approved, the pavement program will produce prioritized recommendations for annual maintenance and a data system staff can use to track condition over time.