**Based on an original cost assessment by Michael Nash on May 29, 2022. Posted with permission** There is a very large cost discrepancy between the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). Both of these agencies operate in Oklahoma and build roads to serve the same population. Both agencies are headed …
Why does a roadway cost more when the OTA is in charge? Read More »
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) has proposed rolling five billion dollars further into debt for improvement projects on existing turnpikes and constructing three new toll roads. They already sit nearly $2 billion US dollars in debt. In their 70 plus years of existence, the OTA has never had an audit conducted by the Oklahoma State …
(source: FB – NO MORE TURNPIKES, Oklahoma!) Looking at all the turnpike projects over the last 29 years, and using historical imagery, I plotted all the homes that have been destroyed. I then calculated the number of homes destroyed per mile of turnpike, to normalize the data by length for a more direct comparison of …
(source: FB – NO Turnpikes, Oklahoma) Spoiler alert: POE lied to us when they claimed our population would double in the next 30 years. As though it needed this level of analysis to tell it was BS (we all knew it was crap), I checked POE’s claim that the population will double over the next …
The Actual Projected Growth of Norman, Moore, and OKC in the next 30 years Read More »
(source: FB – NO Turnpikes, Oklahoma!) The progression of this turnpike is the strongest case yet that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has outlived its usefulness, as it is unapologetically producing plans for turnpikes that have only fictional benefit. It is the wild animal kept too long as a pet that inevitably turns on its keeper. …
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