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Residents to vote on transportation bond project

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Eight Projects:

West Lindsey Street:

• Widens road from 3 to 5 lanes for a one mile stretch from…

• Major storm water improvements

24th Avenue SE:

• Widens road from 2 to 4 lanes

• New traffic signal at Meadowood

36th Avenue NW:

• Widens road from 2 to 4 lanes

• New traffic signal at Franklin

• New traffic signal at Indian Hills

12th Avenue SE:

• Widens road from 2 to 4 lanes

• Improved traffic signal at SH-9

Main Street Bridge over Brookhaven Creek:

• Replaces 4 lane bridge

• Improves 2,000 feet of Brookhaven Creek to the Canadian River by removing debris and stabilizing stream banks

• Reduces flooding up and down stream

Alameda Street:

• Widens road to 4 lanes to 36th Ave E

• Adds 10’ shoulders to 48th Ave E

Cedar Lane Road:

• Widens road from 2 to 4 lanes

• Improved sidewalks and accessibility

• New signal at 12th Ave SE

Franklin Road Bridge over Little River:

• Replaces 2 lane bridge

• Improves Franklin Road pavement

Source: Bond documents

A $42.6 million transportation bond project for the city of Norman is being put to a vote today.

Norman residents will determine if the transportation bond should be approved in order to improve city roads, drainage and overall congestion.

Voting polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to vote for the transportation bond in Norman.

The bond package proposes eight transportation projects to improve road and drainage problems in the city. The projects include improvements of two bridges and six transportation corridors, according to bond documents.

The estimated cost for the project is $89 million. About half of the project will be funded from the bond and the other half — or $46.4 million — will come from an increase to Norman property taxes, according to the bond documents. This would cause residents owning homes to pay about $3 to $4.50 extra in taxes each month, according to the bond documents.

“One part of the project is paid from the bond, and the other will be paid from federal money,” said John Clink, capital projects engineer for the City of Norman. “The federal money will be paid from our gas taxes.”

If this bond is approved, the eight projects are planned to begin in 2013 and will be completed over a six-year period of time.

Correction: The original version of this story erroneously reported that half of the project's cost will be paid through property taxes. Half of the projects will be funded by bonds, the other half by federal funding.

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