The Norman Transcript
By Mindy Ragan Wood
March 17, 2022
Ahead of an announcement by Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to roll out a 15-year plan to expand the state’s toll roads, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation [ODOT] bought several parcels in Cleveland County last year for other projects.
Property tax records reveal ODOT purchased several parcels within feet or less than three miles of a new turnpike planned along Indian Hills Road and east of Lake Thunderbird. One property was purchased in April 2020, but most were acquired between June and August 2021.
The turnpike authority began discussing the current proposed routes last summer, but a spokeswoman for the turnpike authority and state transportation department said these purchases were unrelated.d
Jessica Brown, spokeswoman for both ODOT and the turnpike authority said in an email to the newspaper that the projects are part of ongoing plans to improve interchanges and roadways.
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