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RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-78: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROGRAMMING FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM URBANIZED AREA (STP/UZA) FUNDS FOR THE WIDENING OF ALAMEDA STREET BETWEEN RIDGE LAKE BOULEVARD AND 48TH AVENUE EAST IN NORMAN.
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BACKGROUND: The 2012 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) federal transportation funding bill allocates approximately $21 Million in Federal funds per year for the implementation of eligible transportation improvements in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Ten percent of this appropriation is used to fund safety projects at 100% of their construction cost.
Every year, the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) coordinates a regional evaluation process that identifies transportation improvements eligible for federal funding. Individual projects are rated and compared to one another using a pre-established criterion. The process ends with the formulation of the region’s transportation improvement program and the decision to use federal funds to pay for a significant portion of the cost of the higher priority projects.
DISCUSSION: On December 15, 2012, staff will submit nine projects for consideration in the formulation of ACOG’s Two-Year Transportation Improvement Program update. One of the requirements for project consideration is that interested cities submit programming resolutions for each individual project. In years past, Council has adopted resolutions for seven of the nine projects. The two remaining projects involve improvements to Alameda Street between Ridge Lake Boulevard and 48th Avenue East. The improvements have been divided into two projects because the western portion is proposed as a 5-lane, urban roadway while the eastern portion will remain a 2-lane rural road with paved shoulders.
The specific projects by federal fiscal year are:
Federal Fiscal Year 2014 (Total Federal Funds Requested - $11,847,535)
12th Avenue SE, from Cedar...
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