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CONTRACT K-1617-71: A RIGHT-OF-WAY, PUBLIC UTILITY AND ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR FEDERAL AID PROJECT STP-114A(141)AG, STATE JOBS 22139(04)(INTERSECTION MODIFICATIONS & TRAFFIC SIGNALS) AND STP-114E(299)EH, 28810(04)(ENHANCEMENT) FOR THE MAIN STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT FROM PARK DRIVE TO JAMES GARNER AVENUE AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-1617-42
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BACKGROUND: The 2015 - Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) federal transportation funding bill allocates federal funds for the implementation of eligible transportation enhancement projects in the State of Oklahoma.
Growing concerns about air quality, open space, and traffic congestion led Congress to create several programs through legislation in the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). These programs broaden the federal focus on transportation from building highways to funding projects tied to smarter planning requirements that help ensure communities are more "livable". At the center of that focus about transportation, growth, and quality of life is the Transportation Enhancement Program.
With the passage of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and its successors, the Safe, Efficient, Flexible, Effective Transportation Equity Act: a Legacy for the User (SAFETEA-LU), the 2012 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), and the current 2015 - FAST Act, Congress continues to reaffirm its commitment to the original concepts established under ISTEA. Like its predecessors, the new legislation continues to provide a catalyst for stimulating activities which go beyond traditional transportation projects.
Transportation Enhancements (TE) activities offer communities funding opportunities to help expand transportation choices, such as safe bicycle and pedestrian facilities, scenic routes, beautification, and other investments that increa...
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