Work is scheduled to begin next month on three elaborate bridges, an
amphitheater, lighting and landscaping along the south segment of the Bricktown Canal and surrounding Bricktown Entertainment Center.
The $3 million project was unanimously approved Thursday by the MAPS Citizens Oversight Board. It will be advertised for bids as soon as it is reviewed Tuesday by the Oklahoma City Council.
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Johnson said the canal improvements will include a plaza and fountain south of where Mickey Mantle Drive comes to a dead end at Reno.
“It’s been envisioned by the developer all along that this be a focal point, that all the traffic that comes and goes from the ballpark can focus on this plaza,” Johnson said.
The fountain is designed to shoot water 12 feet into the air — an image that, when combined with plans for an all-glass front theater lobby, will surprise visitors, Johnson said.
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The second span will be the canal’s first double-decker bridge, allowing pedestrians to cross at water level or at a higher elevation. It will connects the Sonic property to a parking area south of the waterway.
The project also includes an
amphitheater that will be built along the south entrance to the Sonic building, facing the canal.
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