Oklahoma Department of Transportation

Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT)

Agency overview
Formed	1976
Preceding agency	Oklahoma Department of Highways
Headquarters	200 NE 21st Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Employees	2,383 (FY21) [1]
Annual budget	$1.7 billion (FY21) [2]
Minister responsible	Tim Gatz, Secretary of Transportation
Agency executive	Tim Gatz, Executive Director
Parent agency	Oklahoma Transportation Commission
Website	Oklahoma Department of Transportation

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma responsible for the construction and maintenance of the state's transportation infrastructure. Under the leadership of the Oklahoma secretary of transportation and ODOT executive director, the department maintains public infrastructure that includes highways and state-owned railroads and administers programs for county roads, city streets, public transit, passenger rail, waterways and active transportation. Along with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, the department is the primary infrastructure construction and maintenance agency of the State.^[3]

ODOT is overseen by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission, composed of nine members appointed by the governor of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Senate and Oklahoma House of Representatives. Tim Gatz, a professional landscape architect with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture,^[4] serves as the secretary of transportation and executive director of ODOT, as appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt in 2019. Gatz is also executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. The department was created in 1976 during the term of Governor David L. Boren.^[3] It superseded the Department of Highways, which was established in 1911. The Department of Transportation's mission statement is "The mission of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is to provide a safe, economical and effective transportation network for the people, commerce and communities of Oklahoma."^[5]