May Transportation Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, May 6

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s mon­thly meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, May 6, in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21^st St., Oklahoma City. Members of the public and media are invited to attend or watch the livestream video online.

Items to be addressed at the meeting:

• The Oklahoma Transportation Commissioners will receive an update on the storm debris clean-up efforts in South and Southcentral Oklahoma. 
• Highlighted will be three national awards for the department’s Monarch butterfly conservation efforts and a recognition of a Beautification Lifetime Achievement award. 
• Commissioners will be briefed on the progress of the I-235 bridge rehabilitation project at I-40 in Oklahoma City and its impact to local traffic.
• The commission will vote on whether to award several contracts, among them two projects to resurface and add shoulders to rural, two-lane highways, one located on US-59 near Stilwell in Adair County and another on US-259 near Idabel in McCurtain County.

To watch the commission meeting video livestream:
Ustream (Turn up the volume on your computer or other device and on Ustream)

The meeting also will be recorded, captioned and available to the public online later.

The commission, a nine-member panel appointed by the governor and legislative leaders to oversee the state’s transportation development, awards project contracts for road and bridge construction on a monthly basis.