Okla. Admin. Code § 730:10-23-4

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 730:10-23-4 - Use of Funds

Funds available to the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges Program may only be expended on high priority projects included in a fiscally constrained five-year construction work plan cooperatively developed, maintained and updated annually by the county, Circuit Engineering Districts and the Department of Transportation and to be used for the following purposes as approved by the Department:

(1) Construction projects to replace or reconstruct structurally deficient, functionally obsolete, destroyed or unusable bridges on the county transportation system in accordance with Department established design and construction requirements.

(2) Construction projects for the improvement of county roads in accordance with Department established design and construction requirements.

(3) Matching other funds available for county road or bridge construction projects, provided it can be substantiated that the applicable funds will be available at the time of a qualifying and scheduled project expenditure.

(4) Project engineering costs including those identified in paragraph (8) of this section.

(5) The cost of right-of-way, the costs of relocation of utilities from the right-of-way so acquired, and the costs of employing or contracting with qualified individuals to assist a county or counties in properly acquiring and clearing the right-of-way.

(6) The cost of reconstruction or replacement of roadway structures which may be less than twenty (20) feet in length.

(7) The expense and related costs of employing or contracting with qualified individuals to assist a county or counties in carrying out the environmental clearance, design, contract administration and the inspection of construction, including the reimbursement of project related expenses incurred by the county's engineer or Circuit Engineering District.

Okla. Admin. Code § 730:10-23-4

Added at 24 Ok Reg 224, eff 10-20-06 (emergency); Added at 24 Ok Reg 1697, eff 6-11-07

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 24, September 1, 2021, eff. 9/11/2021

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 24, September 1, 2022, eff. 9/11/2022