The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma contributed over $11 million to a transportation project near its flagship casino.
The lanes of Interstate 44 that lead to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa were widened a bridge was replaced and ramps were reconfigured for a cost of $45 million, The Tulsa World reported. The tribe contributed money and rights-of-way for the project, the paper said.
The stretch of I-44 around the casino is very busy because it leads to another heavily trafficked highway. Motorists in that area are nearly twice as likely to be in a traffic collision as drivers on other Oklahoma roads, the World reported, based on statistics from the Department of Transportation
Fewer incidents have occurred since the project was completed in 2011, a spokesperson for the department told the paper.
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(The Tulsa World 9/1)