The city’s cost to hold municipal inmates in the Tulsa Jail would nearly double to $1.47 million a year for the next two fiscal years according to a draft letter of intent.
The city of Tulsa and the George Kaiser Family Foundation announced this week that the park and stretch of Riverside Drive that runs through it will open in the late spring or summer of 2018.
An open records request filed by The Frontier under the state’s Open Records Act found that Tulsa County has issued 1,599 badges to county employees; 105 to members of the bar association; 64 to vendors; and 43 to media members.
The Frontier in collaboration with the Tulsa Central Library are hosting watchdog journalism workshops Friday and Saturday at the Tulsa Central Library
According to the city’s cost estimates, The Gateway Bridge would cost between $29.3 million and $50.5 million, and The Crossing Bridge would cost between $33.6 million and $56 million.
Nick Doctor with the city of Tulsa said city officials have not had any conversations about whether the city would consider putting more public dollars into the $24.5 million pedestrian bridge project.
The Arkansas River Pedestrian Bridge Selection Committee has given KKT and MVVA 30 days to modify their concepts in response to the more than 14,000 public comments the city received after announcing the four concept finalists April 17.
