by Rod Cleveland | Sep 11, 2018 | Cleveland County, Oklahoma City, Transportation
Cleveland County District 1 crews partnered with Oklahoma City public works to reconstruct SW164th Street between Santa Fe and Western. Cleveland County used a new cement slurry to stabilize the road base. Previous practices have used Portland cement, lime, or class C...
by Rod Cleveland | Jul 17, 2018 | City of Norman, Cleveland County, Economic Development
There has been a lot of discussion in Norman about the University North Park development and Tax Increment Financing. First, the UNP and the TIF are not the same. The UNP is the development and the TIF is the public works and community common areas’ financing...
by Rod Cleveland | Feb 12, 2018 | Economic Development, Education, Legislation, Oklahoma
Over the past couple of years, the education system has called for a $5,000 teacher pay raise. Oklahoma’s statutory starting salary for first-year teachers is set at $31,600. While this is the statutory minimum, it does not include the cost of state-supplied health...
by Rod Cleveland | Feb 9, 2018 | Cleveland County, Transportation
This article was first published in 2008 in the Circuit Engineering District #4 newsletter authored by Matt Goodson. Last month, in this publication, an article discussed the importance of funds that can be used for road and bridge maintenance work. That article...
by Rod Cleveland | Feb 9, 2016 | Legislation, Oklahoma, Transportation
With the looming $1.2 billion short fall in the Oklahoma State budget and the public secondary school system demanding raises for teachers, Oklahoma public road funding is in the crosshairs again. The public roads that will take the biggest hit is the county highways...
