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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation's 2025 budget, authorized through General Appropriation bill SB 1125, allocates $590 million from the Rebuild Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety (ROADS) Fund at its full statutory authorized amount. The State Transportation Fund received a $4.8 million increase to a base of $216 million, including $16.2 million for industrial area access improvements and lake/waterway access, plus $5 million for public transit. An additional $200 million appropriation established the Rural Economic Transportation Reliability and Optimization (RETRO) Fund to accelerate construction and maintenance of projects in rural areas experiencing economic development and traffic volume increases. Senate Bill 1429 repurposed the McClellan Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Revolving Fund to the Oklahoma Ports Infrastructure Revolving Fund, with the GA bill providing $16.2 million for port and navigational system improvements.
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