LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – Logan County Commissioner Marven Goodman mentioned a brand new highway mission is underway alongside Broadway from Waterloo to Constitution Oak, hoping to make one of many busiest intersections within the county safer.
“We have had a number of folks lose their lives right here at this intersection simply since I have been county commissioner,” mentioned County Commissioner Marven Goodman.
The commissioner mentioned since he took workplace seven years in the past, 4 folks misplaced their lives on the intersection.
Now, Logan County is hoping to make the realm safer by upgrading the intersection from a two-way cease to a four-way.
“We consider that may meter in a few of the visitors going north and south by way of the morning and afternoon,” he mentioned. “As a result of this will get actually busy in by way of right here.”
Goodman additionally mentioned the county will set up huge flashing cease indicators on the intersection.
“We’ll have ‘cease forward’ flashing indicators additionally on the strategy up right here to let folks know their will likely be a cease signal right here,” mentioned the commissioner.
Crews are working to repair pot holes, cracks and buckles alongside the busy stretch of roadway. The commissioner mentioned when it’s all completed, the enhancements will hopefully final the following 12 to fifteen years.
The mission is made attainable because of the passage of Home Invoice 2892. The laws takes state cash, often used for larger initiatives, and sends it again to the county simply to repair roads.
Commissioner Goodman mentioned the fixes will begin in additional populated areas. In rural areas, he’s hoping to supply extra all-weather roads.
“One which we will keep with a highway grader somewhat than attempting to throw asphalt in a pothole and chip sealed,” he mentioned.
“There may very well be much more effort put into this space. It simply appears to me we’re the unsung nook of Logan County,” mentioned Chantz Robinson, a Cashion resident.
Robinson mentioned the enhancements are nice, however he worries about when or if the enhancements will ever come round to his nook of Logan County.
“You recognize, our property tax pays for varsity busses that drive up and down these roads each day,” he mentioned. “Security for our children is the upmost significance.”
He mentioned patches and fixes aren’t slicing it.
“Our roads have nearly gotten to the purpose the place we have to begin over. The ditches and culverts have been graded full. There’s nowhere for the water to run. Ninety % of it goes into the highway,” mentioned Robinson.
He mentioned he’s even skeptical in regards to the answer.
“It is election 12 months, there’s at all times some grading occurring. Are the roads higher? No. It is often a patch job or somewhat work right here and there,” he mentioned.
The commissioner mentioned if all goes in accordance with plan and the climate behaves, the mission must be completed by Tuesday.
At the moment, contractors have been capable of fill the broken areas within the northbound lanes. Tomorrow, they may begin on the southbound lanes.
