The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration have announced three open houses to collect public input on the Tulsa-Oklahoma City Corridor Investment Plan, an effort to evaluate how passenger rail could improve inter-city connectivity between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
The public meetings will include comment form tables, public comment recorders and project staffing for specific topic areas and include the opportunity for participants to testify with a certified court reporter. The scheduled public meetings will take place over the course of three days along the Tulsa-Oklahoma City corridor:
- Tulsa – Tuesday, August 13th
Tulsa Community College Center for Creativity
909 South Boston Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74135
5:30PM to 7:30PM
- Stroud – Wednesday, August 14th
Stroud High School Heritage Hall
212 West 7th Street
Stroud, OK 74079
5:30PM to 7:30PM
- Oklahoma City – Thursday, August 15th
Metrotech OQI Room, Springlake Campus
1900 Springlake Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
5:30PM to 7:30PM
The Tulsa-Oklahoma City Corridor Investment Plan, split into three phases, launched in March of 2013 and is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2015. Through this process, both a Service Development Plan, quantifying specific benefits and costs, and an Environmental Impact Statement, addressing the broad environmental impacts on the proposed corridor, will be generated and combined into a Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan to meet the guidelines of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. This final document will serve as a foundation for future project development including engineering design, environmental permitting and construction.
For more information, visit the Tulsa-Oklahoma City Corridor Investment Plan website, sign up for email updates or email Info@TulsaOKCRailCorridor.com.