In the last few months, Logan County, working in conjunction with our engineer, spent time preparing applications to seek road funding through the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) administered by the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments.
The TIP is a four-year program outlining transportation improvements to be made in the Oklahoma City Area Regional Transportation Study (OCARTS) area. It is prepared annually by ACOG under the guidance of various committees and is submitted to the Governor, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration through ODOT.
Each year cities, towns and counties in the OCARTS area have the opportunity to apply for transportation improvements through this program. Since Logan County is a member of ACOG, we have access to the TIP program. However, we compete with many larger entities whose projects often score higher than ours for funding. Nevertheless, on January 13, members of ACOG voted to recommend funding for eleven projects in Logan County. This recommendation still has to be adopted by the ACOG Board of Directors on January 26, but we anticipate their approval as well.
Projects approved for funding include one mile of resurfacing for Simpson Road from Coltrane to Sooner and pavement markings for two areas of Charter Oak Rd., Kelly Ave., Simmons Rd., and Western and Pennsylvania Avenues. Safety projects approved for funding include guardrail for Seward Rd. west of May and Seward Rd., east of Kelly.
Other road resurfacing projects approved for funding include Charter Oak from Air Depot to Douglas and Douglas from Waterloo to Forrest Hills Rd.
These projects add up to well over two million in funding for infrastructure improvements in Logan County within the next four years.
Mark Sharpton
Commissioner
District 1
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