OKLAHOMA CITY — The town of Goldsby recently received a $1.2 million transportation grant from the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments.
ASCOG, which is the metropolitan planning organization for central Oklahoma, recently approved $43.7 million for transportation projects in the Oklahoma City area, the organization said in a press release. The organization’s board of directors endorsed the funding Feb. 23.
The organization provided funds from three transportation grants to communities in the Oklahoma City area.
The Transportation Alternatives Program funds can be used for pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails and other multimodal improvements. Nine projects were approved, giving five cities a total of $7.5 million.
Another funding source was the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. This funding could be used for road resurfacing, safety projects and additional funds for outstanding federal projects. Nineteen projects in 14 cities were selected for funding.
The third set of funding was the Surface Transportation Block Grants program that the region receives each year. This funding is available for street improvements, resurfacing, bridge construction, intersection upgrades, transit, bicycle pedestrian improvements and safety projects.
This year, $27.3 million was available for this highly competitive funding. Eleven projects were funded throughout the region.
“ACOG is excited to fund these 39 projects, which will fund a variety of critical projects for 14 local governments in our Metropolitan Planning Organization area,” said ASCOG Deputy Director John Sharp.
Other communities that received only CRRSAA dollars were:
• Jones: $500,000.
• Piedmont: $800,000.
• Tuttle: $500,000.
These communities received grants from multiple sources:
• Edmond: $320,000 in TAP funds, $500,000 in CRRSAA funds and $14.8 million in STBG funds. Total: $15.7 million.
• Midwest City: $800,000 from TAP, $500,000 from CRRSAA and $9.2 million from STBG. Total: $10.5 million.
• Norman: $767,973 from TAP, $500,000 from CRRSAA and $1.4 million from STBG. Total: $2.7 million.
• Oklahoma City: $4.1 million from TAP, $474,120 from CRRSAA and $827,189 from STBG. Total: $5.4 million.
• Yukon: $1.4 million from TAP and $921,380 from CRRSAA. Total: $2.3 million.
• Warr Acres: $147,047.
• Bethany: $609,161.
• Guthrie: $625,940.
• Choctaw: $706,790.
• Moore: $898,547.