Steve Metzer

Tulsa World Capitol Bureau Staff Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has had to push back planning for scores of road projects across the state, including 11 in Tulsa County and 56 across the Tulsa region.

Executive Director Tim Gatz said Monday that forced delays in a total of 208 projects included in the state’s eight-year Construction Work Plan for fiscal years 2026-2033 were driven by historic inflation that has impacted heavy road construction in recent years.

Last year, the work plan reflected projects planned to be undertaken in coming years calculated to have a total value north of $8.62 billion. This year, after an 11% adjustment made to offset effects of inflation, projects on a trimmed-down list were calculated to have a value of a

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