The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, 10/4:
300 Oklahoma railroad crossings to get upgrades
Oklahoma is about to embark on an ambitious project to spend $100 million improving 300 railroad crossings over the next three years, said Terri Angier, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
Waiting behind candy-striped, mechanical arms and flashing lights at railroad crossings has long been a source of irritation for harried motorists, but it beats being smacked by a train.
This railroad crossing on Triple X Road between Memorial
Road and N.E. 122nd Street near Jones in Oklahoma
County is scheduled to receive $380,000 in improvements,
which will include the installation of flashing lights and gates
along with a new concrete surface at the crossing.
Oklahomans soon will begin seeing a lot more of those flashing crossing signals and hopefully fewer collisions.
Determined to improve safety, the state is about to embark on an ambitious project to spend $100 million improving 300 railroad crossings over the next three years, said Terri Angier, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
Continue here w/photo album.
