Cleveland County District One Crews Participate in Snow & Ice Workshop

by Rod Cleveland | Dec 12, 2014 | Cleveland County, Deaster Events, Transportation

KTEN.com – No One Gets You Closer December 9 started off looking like winter when Cleveland County Road Crew members gathered at the District Barn.  Fog was thick with a hazy overcast and the chill of winter was flirting with a sharp sting to the face.  Myself...

Oklahoma Supreme Court to Decide if SQ640 Applies to Income Tax Decrease Legislation

by Rod Cleveland | Dec 1, 2014 | Legislation, Oklahoma

Representative Leslie Osborn, Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kyle Loveless holds a press conference about the recent law suite by Jerry Fink concerning legislation that has reduced the Oklahoma Income Tax Rates over the past couple of legislative sessions. The...

361 Employed in National Emergency Grant – COWIB

by Rod Cleveland | Dec 1, 2014 | Cleveland County, Disasters, Economic Development

I represent Cleveland County as the Local Elected Official that oversees the Central Oklahoma Workforce Investment Board (COWIB). The agency works in Cleveland, Oklahoma, Canadian and Logan Counties. It is Federally funded through the Commerce Department. The COWIB...

Oklahoma Counties $984,710,507 5 year Transportation Plan Approved by ODOT

by Rod Cleveland | Nov 5, 2014 | Oklahoma, Transportation

The County Improvements for Roads and Bridges 5 year plan (OK Statutes Title 19 Section 507) has gotten final approval from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation Commissioners on November 3. Two-hundred and thirty one County Commissioners from the 77 counties in...

ODOT’s New Tool Helps with Traffic Congestion

by Rod Cleveland | Oct 20, 2014 | Oklahoma, Transportation

Testing will begin today on a new tool to help metro area drivers avoid long lines of standstill traffic, work zones and accidents: smarter highways. Thanks to technology upgrades by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to its Oklahoma Pathfinder system, drivers...