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Citywide 0K signage initiative transforms Bartlesville

Citywide $660K signage initiative transforms Bartlesville

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Residents all around Bartlesville are repeating Ace Of Base’s famous lyrics: “I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes.”

A mix of park entry signs, trailer makers, pedestrian signs and vehicular signs are popping up all over town to improve navigation and enhance the city’s aesthetic appeal for residents and visitors.

Bartlesville’s comprehensive wayfinding signage project, which cost $660,000, was funded through the 2018 GO Bond, residual funds from past GO Bonds, sales tax and $160,000 provided by the Bartlesville Redevelopment Trust Authority.

Micah Siemers, the city’s director of engineering, said 88 signs will be installed once this round of the project is done, but more signs are planned.

“Additional funding was approved for FY 2024-2025 for park entry signage at the remaining parks – Douglass, Civitan, Panther (Eddie Mason), Colonial, Smith, and Lyon,” Siemers continued. “Funds were approved as part of the 2023 GO Bond for a second phase of vehicular wayfinding signs as well. We won’t have those funds until later this fall, but we are working with the contractor on which signs to include. We will likely end up with 8-10 additional vehicular wayfinding signs.”

Currently, nine signs were placed at the entry of Bartlesville’s major parks, and six Pathfinder trailhead signs have been installed.

The downtown area has been outfitted with 23 new pedestrian wayfinding signs to help people navigate downtown Bartlesville. For those driving, 32 vehicular wayfinding signs have been installed, along with a downtown gateway sign at the community center. Two gateway signs are planned on Highway 75, north and south.

Siemers noted that a few more downtown wayfinding signs need to be installed in areas without available streetlights. Additionally, three sign locations require adjustments.

“Two were caught before they went up and have not been installed yet, but we need to move the one on Cherokee by First Baptist Church due to it obstructing the pedestrian crosswalk light,” Siemers said. “The last work remaining, other than those signs, is the installation of the gateway signs on north and south Highway 75.”

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