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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clay" data-source="post: 1825312">Well gtg, I do commute into OKC from Tuttle everyday and I deal with the same situation as you in Tulsa. Really there are far to many variables to get into on a keybourd but it comes down to funding usually. The problem is we have more road miles than dollars in the transportation fund. Where is the money going? Good question. We at ODOT have little control over the legislators redirecting funds from our budget to others. BUT Mary Fallin IS making a difference there so small changes are coming followed by bigger ones I think.When I say we design a pavement for 30 years, I mean when we do a full reconstruction from the base up. A lot of times we have a stretch of road that need fixed without the money to do full depth construction so we may do a temporary fix like an overlay that will fail again shortly because the real problem lies in the subbase. This buys us a little time to gather more funds to do it proper while keeping the users somewhat happier "temporarily".Long term planning is very difficult when our budget gets allocated to us each year in an unknown amount.It boils down to funds and politics sadly. We do the best we can with what they give us.</blockquote>