Boulevard funding in place; width could be changed

 
BY STEVE LACKMEYER
Published: September 4, 2010

The state's top highway official this week promised that a boulevard intended to replace Interstate 40 south of downtown can be narrowed from its current plan of six lanes if that is the wish of Oklahoma City leaders.

Gary Ridley , director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation , also said the $85 million allocated in the agency's latest eight-year plan should allow for complete construction of the highway a...


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