Sen. Roger Thompson’s Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson and Transportation Committee Chair Rob Standridge made the following comments after Thursday’s announcement that Oklahoma had gone from 49^th in the nation to a Top Ten state for the condition of its highway

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson said he was deeply gratified that Oklahoma had moved from being among the worst states in the nation to the best for the condition of the state highway system’s bridges.  On Thursday it was announced that Oklahoma had gone from 49^th in 2004 to 9^th in the nation. Thompson said the low ranking was the result of years of underfunding, but that course was reversed with legislative action 2005.