Page 9 - Kickapoo Turnpike News Today

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approved taking out the line of credit as it continues work on ACCESS Oklahoma despite protests from property owners.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority says it does not perform environmental impact studies on nearby lakes following construction, but it does follow regulations to control pollutants.

Oklahoma Senator Mary Boren, D-Norman, has drafted a resolution to demand a performance audit of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority officials will hold a public meeting Tuesday with residents to discuss its plans to build two toll roads in Norman.

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority officials met a crowd of Noble and Norman residents who crowded around information tables while others protested toll road expansion at a public meeting Thursday.

A majority of Oklahoma legislators celebrated Oklahoma's newest law that criminalizes abortion and makes the medical procedure virtually impossible to obtain. Arguably, it's the strictest such law in the nation, but additional anti-abortion legislation is also moving closer to passage.

A district tasked to oversee Lake Thunderbird has requested Oklahoma Turnpike Authority cooperate as it plans to build a toll road next to Norman’s primary water source.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is proposing adding a new turnpike along Indian Hills Road between Newcastle and Norman as well as extending the Kickapoo Turnpike west of Lake Thunderbird.

Cleveland County Commissioners made a demand for greater transparency to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority in a resolution Monday afternoon.

Cleveland County commissioners passed a resolution asking for more transparency regarding plans for a new turnpike expansion through Norman.