Oklahoma § 69-1701 - Purpose - Authority to construct, maintain, repair and

§ 69-1701. Purpose - Authority to construct, maintain, repair and

operate projects.

In order to facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state

and remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested

highways in the state, and to provide for the construction of modern

express highways embodying reasonable safety devices including ample

shoulder widths, long sight distances, the bypassing of cities and

towns, and grade separations at intersecting highways and railroads,

the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, as created in Section 1703 of this

title, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain,

repair, and operate turnpike projects as defined in Section 1704 of

this title, at such locations as shall be approved by the

Transportation Commission, and to issue turnpike revenue bonds of

the Authority payable solely from revenues to pay the cost of such

projects. The Authority is further authorized and empowered to

develop and market alternative uses of the Oklahoma Turnpike

Authority Electronic Toll Collection System, and construct,

maintain, repair, and operate inter-modal transportation transfer

facilities and infrastructure relating thereto, including, without

limitation, warehouses and utility facilities and intercity rail

transit projects as it shall determine to be feasible and

economically sound.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1701, operative July 1, 1968. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 282, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1997; Laws 1999, c.

341, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 206, § 1, emerg. eff. May

12, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 68, § 1, Nov. 1, 2005.