Is anything being done to allow traffic to travel through town on Adams Boulevard without having to stop at every traffic light between Cherokee and the train tracks?
According to Engineering Director Micah Siemers, the traffic control signals between Cherokee and Jennings are out of sync due to the Downtown Central Business District Paving Rehabilitation project currently underway in the area.
The voter approved project consists of an asphalt mill and overlay of all streets between Cherokee Avenue and Jennings Avenue and between Adams Boulevard and Hensley Boulevard, re-striping and adding shared bike lane striping and bicycle signage on Dewey between Hensley and Sixth Street and on Second Street between Keeler and Dewey as well as additional shared bike lane signage and striping on Fourth Street between Dewey and Comanche. The project also includes the second phase of the Downtown Landscape project, in which improvements will be made along Frank Phillips Boulevard from Keeler Avenue to Cherokee Avenue.
“Unfortunately, right now the problems between Cherokee and Jennings have been due to the work on the downtown street repaving project,” Siemers said. “Those signals are still operated by signal loops cut into the paving. We had to cut the existing loops on Jennings, Keeler, Johnstone and Dewey to mill two inches off of the top of the existing pavement.
“Loops have been installed again at Jennings and Keeler, but the signals haven’t been coordinated again just yet. We apologize for the inconvenience, but it’s likely to last just a bit longer as we try to complete this project.”
For more information about the Downtown Central Business District Paving Rehabilitation project, see www.cityofbartlesville.org.
Lee Lake disc golf course construction set for fall
Where is the disc golf course at Lee Lake located?
Work on the disc golf park at Lee Lake is only in the preliminary stages, but the course will be located on north of the Lee Lake pedestrian loop and Cooper Dog Park. The course is a volunteer-driven project spear-headed by Jon Lindblom (of Safari Smiles) that involves the construction of an 18-hole disc golf course on 45 acres lying north of Lee Lake, which is part of 194 acres owned by the City. The course will be located far enough to the north of the lake that other park users will not be impacted. Lindblom is paying all costs associated with course design, equipment, professional signage and installation.
Construction is set to begin this fall and the course will possibly open for play in the spring of 2021. Once constructed, the course will be maintained by a local disc golf club.