News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Patrick K. Petree Reference: TRN2-29-00-13

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a railroad corridor safety improvement project in Kingfisher that will upgrade two Union Pacific Railroad crossings and close four others.

Pedestal-mounted flashing light signals and gate arms and new concrete crossing surfaces will be installed at Bowman and Roberts streets. Barricades will be erected and crossings will be closed at Baker and Sykes avenues and Don Blanding and Admire streets.

The project cost is estimated at $765,300. Federal railroad crossing safety improvement funds will pay 60 percent, or $459,180. The railroad will pay the other 40 percent, or $306,120, according to documents filed with the commission.

Projects that use federal railroad crossing safety improvement funds must be completed within 12 months.

The Corporation Commission also approved a project in Blackwell that lets the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad close its Ferguson Street crossing and transfer the flashing-light signals and gate arms to its 13th Street crossing.

The commission also approved closure of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe crossing at Ash Street in Ada.

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