I was wondering when the next wave of projects would occur on the Oklahoma River. I'm still waiting for boat docks, fishing piers, more boat ramps, etc.

And that extension of the south Bricktown canal to reach close to Zone G, for easier loading and unloading of taxis on both sides. This would also put the current rail road tracks on a trestle, allowing Bricktown water taxis to flow closer to zone G.


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"Revival ahead for metro stockyards?


By Scott Coppenbarger
NEWS 9

The following is a script from a NEWS 9 broadcast

Dreamers are looking across the Oklahoma River.

NEWS 9 report

Today, a city committee approved $54 million worth of projects along the riverfront.

Here's what you could see in the five year plan:


A $9 million dollar water taxi system.

A $6.5 million extension of the Bricktown Canal.

Links to Fair Park and the Riverside neighborhood, plus public boating and fishing facilities.
Scott Coppenbarger tells us the stockyards are planning a revival for the first time in about 100 years.

Gone are the glory days of the Oklahoma City Stockyards, a bustling business community that built a city in its own right.

Today, in a quiet meeting of the Riverfront Redevelopment Authority, members adopted a $54 million wish list of river projects that could make stockyard dreams come true.

A boat dock would bring in tourists from water taxis who would walk the streets and spend money in a $3 million retail project built by the Oklahoma National Stockyards Company.

The city manager says projects like the boat dock aren't guaranteed.

Even so, the uncertainty is met with progress."