Cole visits sites in Purcell

Congressman Tom Cole and his Field Representative Amber Savage toured the new Conger Field and spent time with District 2 County Commissioner Wilson Lyles here September 30.

Superintendent Sheli McAdoo gave the duo the tour of the new football facilities and Lyles drove them around viewing federally funded road and bridge projects.

“Congressman Cole was interested in road and bridge projects that were funded with federal funds,” Lyles said.

“As we drove throughout district 2 I was able to show him more than $8 million for road and bridge projects that have utilized state and tribal contributions.”

For two hours they drove around and among areas visited was a roadway 180th Avenue west of Criner that is in the engineering and environmental process along with a 180 foot bridge replacement that is estimated to cost $3.4 million, Lyles reported.

“We were thankful he reached out to us to see what is really happening with county government,” Lyles said. “We visited about the possibility of additional funding for county highway  systems across not only Oklahoma but nationally.”

The Congressman and Mrs. Savage learned about Purcell’s Personalized Learning Center at Purcell High School.

They also attended a manufacture round table at Mid America Technology Center and attended a banker’s round table at McClain Bank.

Prior to their visit to Purcell Cole and Savage were in Lindsay.