hello broken Aro I'm economic development director Jennifer Rush thank you for joining me for this April 2024 edition of broken air on motion we have Street improvements a couple of new Bridges under construction a new park coming to South ba so let's get started first I'm happy to report that the Albany Street widening project from Lin Lane to County Line Road finished more than a 100 days ahead of schedule the road has been widened to five Lanes the intersection replaced and a new Crossing signal at 12th Street is helping children cross the street as they walk to and from school kudos to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the contractor Bea for their efficient work on this project now staying on County Line Road also known as 23rd Street let's talk about Houston to kosia ODOT is widening County Line Road to Five lanes and building a new bridge over State Highway 51 the work continues on the Bridge's substructure and the Bridge's concrete deck work is expected to begin soon to make way for the bridge work a temporary travel route is in place along the east side of 23rd Street from Houston to college streets traffic is Flowing smoothly on the east side of the roadway while construction is underway Additionally the storm water improvements at the Houston and 23rd Street intersection are being worked on and will continue for several weeks this project is expected to be finished in the next couple of months and will be an amazing Improvement especially for our East Side residents now let's talk about elim Park construction of the park has made huge improvements since our last video the mass grading and under drains are complete installation of the driveway site and restroom utilities and the parks irrigation system are all underway a retaining wall and 90% of the playground concrete are now in place and the bathroom walls are also finished with the roofing to follow soon the playground shade structures are going in as well we'll keep you updated on this transformational park that's coming to South Broken Arrow staying with Parks let's talk about the new road that is under construction at events park the stormw waterer crew has completed the curb and gutter and is now forming and pouring the concrete for a bike and walking trail the street crew recently laid two lifts of asphalt and will add another after the remaining Construction in the area is complete the new Fleet building that will be used to service the city's small vehicles and equipment is now roughly 70% complete a contractor has finished the site's underground utilities the foundation and the laab placement in the coming weeks they will finish the building construction and start on its electricity installing the sprinklers and the garage doors the project should be also completed later this month and lastly you may have noticed that the red signal pulls at various intersections throughout the city the contractor has remobilized after taking time off due to the cold weather and they are priming the poles with a red tint they will power wash Prime and paint the signal lights poles and bases black at 28 intersections in the coming months they are really looking fantastic and that's it for this edition of Broken Arrow motion thanks for watching I look forward to seeing you around Broken Arrow the city where opportunity lives thank you for watching this is a production of the city of Broken Arrow the city where opportunity lives