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I-40 Cross-Town Realignment The Chamber will work with the Congressional Delegation, Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), the City of Oklahoma City and Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) to secure the funding necessary to construct the Downtown Boulevard. The Chamber will advocate for inclusion of the Boulevard on ODOT's eight-year construction plan for funding and completion by FY 2014.
The Chamber will also advocate for:
- Funding and completion of the Lincoln/Byers project to
connect Bricktown to the Oklahoma River and Boathouse
Row by FY 2010.
- Funding and completion of the I-40 Cross-town
realignment mainline by FY2012.
- Funding and completion of the teardown of the elevated
portion of the existing I-40 Cross-town to make way for the
Downtown Boulevard by FY 2013.
Federal Highway Trust Fund The Chamber will work with ODOT, the City of Oklahoma City, ACOG and our Congressional Delegation in support of a permanent funding solution for the Federal Highway Trust Fund and also support the reauthorization of the multi-year Surface Transportation Act.
Major Interchanges The Chamber will advocate for funding and completing work on major interchanges located at I-44 and Broadway Extension, I-240 and I-35 (Crossroads) and I-40 and Morgan Road as well as the necessary improvements to S.H. 74 (north of Lake Hefner Parkway).
10th Street Ramp
The Chamber will advocate for completion of I-235/Harrison /10th street ramp access improvements by FY 2010.
Transit The Chamber supports continued dialogue on transit programs that will best serve the central Oklahoma region, including:
- COTPA's 2005 Fixed Guideway Transit Study (including
alternative analysis process).
- ACOG's Regional Transit Dialogue Committees to identify
regional transit alternatives/solutions for central
Oklahoma.
- Amending state laws to facilitate the development of
a Regional Transit Authority in central Oklahoma.
Quiet Zones
The Chamber will work with the City of Oklahoma City to establish a Railroad Quiet Zone on the BNSF mainline running through downtown OKC.
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