CLEVELAND COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — The controversial “South Extension” corridor of Access Oklahoma’s $8.2B initiative to improve the state’s turnpike system is getting closer to being revealed for a second time.
The 15-year plan has been in the works since it was first announced in December 2021.
The South Extension was laid out in 2022, but the project in Cleveland and McClain Counties was put on pause after the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation discovered it didn’t meet specific requirements to be compatible with Lake Thunderbird…