Oklahoma Department of Transportation

That might be

more under the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, but we know people there.

We work with them frequently.

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The, what is, what is it? ODOT.

Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

Yeah, Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

Yeah.

So I, I would hope that we'd have some input, and I would think we would.

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I'm going to blame Micah, or I was going to blame Micah Seamers for my tardiness, but unfortunately I can't blame him.

I have to blame Oklahoma Department of Transportation for the work that they're doing over there on Highway 60.

But I would blame them, but again, blaming people is not the way to get things done.

So I should have been here a little earlier.

I'm going to blame Micah, or I was going to blame Micah Seamers for my tardiness, but unfortunately I can't blame him.

I have to blame Oklahoma Department of Transportation for the work that they're doing over there on Highway 60.

I would blame them, but again, blaming people is not the way to get things done.

I should have been here a little earlier.

In Oklahoma City, from downtown Oklahoma City going west, it turns from an elevated bridge section into about a two and a half mile asphalt section before it reaches what we call the West Bypass.

And that section had been in about 20 or 25 years, and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation was trying to figure out how do we take an interstate highway that's handling 100,000 cars a day and renew the surface of it.

And we got to talking with our local state engineer here in the Oklahoma City area and we said, with it being in full depth asphalt pavement, we can now remove the top two inches and replace it and stripe it and do it on a overnight basis.

And if you'll put a job out for bids that meets all the ODOT specifications, high quality construction and requirements, but limit construction from 7.30 at night till 5.30 in the morning, we think we can remove it and replace it and really minimize the interference with construction.