Civic Issues
Topics getting the most attention in Tulsa public meetings, ranked by how frequently they are discussed.
8 issues in roads with medium priority
Southwest Tulsa construction traffic on 75 corridor
District 2 councilor Anthony Archie announced a July 13 community meeting about the diverging diamond interchange at Tulsa Hills, improvements on Maybelle Avenue, and a dedicated turn lane at Southwest Boulevard and 41st Street.
Condemnation for Tulsa-Jenks Multi-Modal Safety Raise Project
The city needs a strip of land at 10520 Riverside Parkway for trails and a Riverside Parkway restriping project funded by a federal RAISE grant. The owners want $8.3 million; city appraisals say about $2.07 million — so condemnation proceedings will let a court or appraisers settle a fair price.
Diverging diamond and southwest Tulsa road projects
District 2 councilor Anthony Archie announced a July 13 community meeting about the diverging diamond interchange at Tulsa Hills, improvements on Maybelle Avenue, and a dedicated turn lane at Southwest Boulevard and 41st Street.
District 5 sidewalk connection
A $575,000 Improve Our Tulsa 2 project will build a sidewalk linking S. Hudson and S. Lakewood via E. 36th Pl.
41st Street corridor infrastructure needs
With rapid growth near 41st & 129th East, councilors flagged widening design and lighting for the next capital improvement package.
Growth corridor infrastructure in east Tulsa
With 41st & Lynn Lane poised for a 168-lot subdivision, councilors Bengel and Decter Wright flagged that roads and stormwater in east Tulsa's growth corridors need a dedicated slice of the next bond package.
Main Street / Boulder Park Drive traffic study
STOC is waiting on a traffic study about whether Main Street stays open near Dreamkeepers Park, and the chair questioned whether the study was ever done. The council was told results should arrive this month.
Collett Tract collector street and neighborhood cut-through traffic
Staff wanted a required collector street built; the developer said it would push industrial cut-through traffic into a residential neighborhood; a neighbor with special needs children feared his dead-end street opening into a 300-home subdivision. The commission sided with the developer.