Goodbye, toll booths: Oklahoma turnpikes will be cashless by Thanksgiving, officials say
This marks the end of a three-plus-year process to demolish toll booths and move to strictly using PikePass and PlatePay.
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OTA Increases ACCESS Oklahoma Cost Projection By $3 Billion
Controversy over the proposed ACCESS Oklahoma turnpike that would run through east Norman continues after the Oklahoma ...
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OTA announces $3 billion budget increase for ACCESS Oklahoma Project, council members react
Norman city councilmembers reacted to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority increasing ACCESS Oklahoma’s budget by $3 billion at ...
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approves $1 billion in bonds, 2025 budget request
The bond revenue will go to the ACCESS Oklahoma turnpike expansion and improvement program, which has seen cost increases due ...
Oklahoma Supreme Court reverses order, potentially increasing Winter Storm Uri cost for consumers
The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down an order prohibiting municipalities from collecting franchise fees and other fees or ...
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Oklahoma will say goodbye to its last toll booth before Thanksgiving
Oklahoma Turnpikes will all be cashless by Nov. 20. The changes started in 2021 when the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority launched ...
OTA blames inflation on $3.2 billion Access Oklahoma overrun
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is blaming inflation after announcing this week its ongoing 15-year Access Oklahoma Project ...
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Slap fighting slapped with regulations in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s attorney general issued an opinion this week regulating the sport of slap fighting, declaring it a “combative sport.” ...
As OTA goes deeper into debt, Oklahoma drivers will likely pay more at the toll booth
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is looking at going deeper into debt to cover inflationary costs for the ACCESS Oklahoma ...
Access Oklahoma Project faces $3 billion overrun, blames inflation
Norman"a painter, if you had a paint business and you painted houses for a paint business, you could not have a 60% cost ...
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Oklahoma tolls to increase more than initially expected
The cost of a massive turnpike extension and improvement project has gone up considerably, the Turnpike Authority was told ...
Oklahoma on the hunt for more money to build turnpike projects
The Oklahoma Transportation Authority has multiple projects underway across the state, funded through bonds that get paid off as drivers use the turnpike system. The agency plans to ask for more money ...