Potential Projects

Oklahoma City city council has recommended the following places around the city to be prioritized by this fund. These projects include:

• City entrance gateways along interstates
• Approaches to Will Rogers World Airport (including the creation of the Bessie Coleman Garden near the airport, State Highway 152 from Meridian to I-44 and I-44 from
• State Highway 152 to I-40)
• Three pedestrian bridges over the interstates in south Oklahoma City
• I-240 from I-44 to I-35
• East and west entrances to the Clara Luper Corridor
• NE 23rd Street and Martin Luther King Avenue, including up to $5 million for potential land acquisition and remediation of the northeast corner
• Oklahoma City University corridor along NW 23rd Street
• Reno Avenue and Eastern Avenue corridor between Bricktown and the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum
• I-35 and I-44 bridges over the Oklahoma River
• I-44 from Portland Avenue to Classen Boulevard
• I-40 and Council Road
• Route 66
• Public art and/or monuments at key intersections, including a statue of Ralph Ellison
• Updated low-maintenance landscaping along key arterial roads
• Trees (at least $1 million)