Weekend Tulsa Street Closure Announced

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TULSA, OK -- West 17th Street at Southwest Boulevard will be closed on Saturday, January 23, and Sunday, January 24, for construction of a waterline crossing the road. Traffic will be detoured to West 21st Street. Seventeenth Street will be reopened on Monday, Jan. 25.

This is part of a street rehabilitation project on Southwest Boulevard between West 23rd Street and the Arkansas River. The project consists of pavement rehabilitation - replacing damaged concrete panels. A thorough reconstruction is included near the railroad crossing.

Other parts of the project include replacement of a 12-inch waterline, addition and repair of sidewalks, upgrades to traffic signals at 23rd Street and 17th Street, and some sanitary sewer work.

This project has received funding through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has contracted with Paragon Contractors LLC for this $2,664,933 project.

Construction is scheduled for completion in October 2010.