Funding raid to slow Oklahoma agency's transportation plans
June 4, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma transportation officials say the Legislature's decision to divert about $150 million in agency road and bridge funding to help close a hole in next year's budget is expected to lead to delays in starting some projects in its eight-year construction plan .
But Department of Transportation Director Mike Patterson said Monday that ongoing construction projects will not have to be suspended, as was initially feared.
Facing a shortfall of $878 million in the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, lawmakers tapped $100 million from the agency's construction...
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