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In The News . . .

Funding for Pine Street
Thu, 04 Mar 2010
Logan County District 2 Commissioner Mike Pearson has once again secured funding in his effort to re-pave many of south Logan County's section line roads. District 2 was awarded funding for paving a badly deteriorated section of Pine Road from Simpson Road south to Charter Oak Road.

The project is set for 2011 and will be funded in part with $50,000 awarded through the Rural Economic Action Plan program administered by the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments.

Shortly after taking office Pearson reclassified the legal designation of Pine through the Federal Highway Administration in an effort to qualify for outside funding opportunities. By awarding Pine with the designation of being a "major collector" road, Pearson elevated the status of the road in the eyes of transportation officials. "We are going to make it clear that these south Logan County roads are in fact heavily used and need to be funded as a priority"

Other projects which have previously been approved for funding include $275,000 of State Industrial Access Funding for paving Pine from Seward to Camp, and Camp from Pine to I-35; $23,517,000 in State CIRB Funding for paving Midwest from Waterloo to Forrest Hills, Forrest Hills from Midwest to Pine and Luther Road from Waterloo to Highway 105; $1,250,000 through Surface Transportation Program for repaving Douglas Boulevard from Waterloo Road north to Forrest Hills Road; $72,100 through Urbanized Area STP Program for pavement markings of 5 ½ miles beginning at I-35 going north to Douglas, south to Forrest Hills and east to Westminster; and $30,443.18 Community Development funds for storm sirens at Woodcrest Fire Department and Sooner Fire Department.

Pearson explained that aggressively seeking these types of outside funding opportunities has become more important than ever before due to the declining revenues as the states gross production and gas tax revenues which fund county road maintenance have either shrunken or remained static making it difficult if not impossible for the District to pave roads with this money. Pearson said he will continue to focus on the challenge of securing outside funding for Pine from Charter Oak to the south, and then he intends to start seeking funding for paving major east-west section-line roads.