Oklahoma City Council will vote on Tuesday on funds to improve the Cimmaron Road and Interstate 40 intersection that will facilitate Oklahoma’s first Buc-ee’s.
As we were first to report, the City has struck a preliminary deal to bring the popular travel stop to a site just within the city limits near Clarence E. Page Airport. The current Cimmaron exchange with I-40 was built for rural use and is not nearly robust enough to accommodate the heavy traffic typically generated by a Buc-ee’s location.
The agenda item for the next City Council meeting would approve a project agreement with CSMS Management, LLC for ‘congestion relief’ at that particular intersection.
CSMS Management is a real estate and management subsidiary owned by Arch "Beaver" Aplin III, the founder and CEO of the popular Texas-based travel center chain.
The agreement calls for CSMS to provide engineering design, environmental studies, and permitting. The City will be responsible for required environmental mitigation, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, and removal of encroachments.
After federal approval, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation will administer construction and inspection.
Funding for the road project will come from the City of OKC $7.578M, CSMS $6.05M, and ODOT $11.378M.
The City received a grant from Senator Mullin’s office for $10M, approved in the past federal budget.