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The Oklahoma Transportation Commission recently approved contracts for two major infrastructure improvement projects in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced it will provide a loan for up to $120.1 million to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority for an expressway project in the Tulsa area.

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission recently approved three plans that will steer infrastructure projects in the coming years.

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved plans Sept. 10 outlining updates for the state’s network of highways and county roads.This iteration directs $6.5 billion to support 1,386 bridge and highway projects over the next eight years.

While gasoline prices are hovering around $2 per gallon in Oklahoma, that’s not the direct cost of the fuel. State and federal taxes tally up to 35.4 cents of total gasoline cost per gallon.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Republicans are considering increasing the state’s gasoline tax by six cents to help fill the state’s looming budget hole, Democrats announced April 26.

WASHINGTON — Transportation authorizers need to consider ways to reform the planning and approval process for highway infrastructure projects, Mike Patterson, executive director of Oklahoma’s Department of Transportation, told a House subcommittee April 5.

Four highway projects are among the seven total infrastructure priorities that Oklahoma submitted to the National Governors Association as part of a 428-item list that the NGA is asking the Trump administration to consider.

Oklahoma’s tax on gas and diesel would increase under a budget proposal Gov. Mary Fallin (R) presented to legislators this week.