15th Street Open To Two-Way Traffic Between Utica Avenue And Peoria Avenue In Tulsa

Press release from City of Tulsa:

August 10, 2020

Date: Aug. 10, 2020

Release: #20-306

Contact: Lara Weber Communications Officer, (918) 596-7804

15th Street Open to Two-Way Traffic between Utica Avenue and Peoria Avenue; Street Rehabilitation Project Complete

East 15th Street between South Utica Avenue and South Peoria Avenue is open to two-way traffic today, with the return of on-street parking. The street rehabilitation project on 15th Street between Lewis Avenue and Peoria Avenue has been completed ahead of the scheduled October completion date.

“For years, Cherry Street had the local businesses, the restaurants, and the fun, but it didn’t have the best infrastructure to help realize its incredible potential,” Mayor G.T. Bynum said. “With a lot of diligence, it now has that infrastructure in place, and remarkably, it was accomplished ahead of schedule. I want to thank Tulsa voters who approved this project through the Improve Our Tulsa sales tax package and for the crews who worked through a worldwide pandemic to safely reopen this street.”

This project included the following improvements:

• Mill, patch and overlay – new pavement
• 6-inch waterline replacement
• Stormwater drainage improvements to the inlets and pipe system
• Sidewalk repairs where needed
• Intersection bump-outs with curb and gutter (Utica – Peoria)
• Back-in angle parking on the north side of the street and parallel parking on the south side of the street between Quaker and Trenton avenues (west of Utica Avenue); no on-street parking east of Utica
• Pedestrian crossing improvements – restriping six crosswalks, each with two rapid flashing beacons, at all the collector streets between Utica and Peoria

The City of Tulsa contracted with Crossland Heavy Contractors for this $6 million Improve Our Tulsa project.

Business access was maintained throughout the project. City street projects show how sales taxes and property taxes are funding road improvements. Tulsans are encouraged not to avoid construction areas, but to support area businesses throughout the construction project.

“In the past year, Cherry Street business owners have dealt with two major hurdles – the street project and COVID-19,” said Mike Bausch, President of the Cherry Street Business Association. “Nobody likes street projects; they affect our ability to do business and serve customers. But now Cherry Street has the update severely needed for decades and looks better than ever. Cherry Street is open and very ready to welcome everyone to this thriving area of Tulsa.”

This press release was produced by the City of Tulsa. The views expressed here are the author’s own.