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Mayor Creates Task Force to Review Street Work

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Mayor G.T. Bynum announced members of the City of Tulsa’s streets taskforce that will reevaluate Tulsa’s overall approach to street construction, with a focus on improving the speed and efficiency of individual projects. The taskforce will be led by former State Secretary of Transportation Gary Ridley.

Comprised of local business owners and residents, the taskforce will meet regularly with plans to release a report by spring 2018.

Mayor Bynum said Tulsa’s street program continues to make a positive difference across the city, but there is still a lot of work to accomplish in the years ahead.

“Thanks to the citizens of Tulsa, we have already invested millions into our street system, but we need to improve the speed with which we carry out future street projects. As we anticipate the continuation of the City’s decade-long focus on street repairs with a general obligation bond renewal in 2018, I am eager for this group to lend their expertise in improving the efficiency of our street projects citywide,” Bynum said.

One of the nation’s foremost experts in street and highway construction said he is looking forward to working with the City to begin evaluating aspects of street construction in Tulsa.

"The City of Tulsa has always focused on investing in its future and the Mayor and City professionals want to make improvements with the least amount of inconvenience to the public,” Former State Secretary of Transportation Gary Ridley said. “The first step in that process is to listen to the concerns of the people that are affected."