{"id":34841,"date":"2022-05-12T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=34841"},"modified":"2022-05-11T16:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:37:50","slug":"that-home-is-sacred-to-me-norman-woman-joins-fight-against-turnpike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2022\/05\/12\/that-home-is-sacred-to-me-norman-woman-joins-fight-against-turnpike\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;That home is sacred to me&#8217;: Norman woman joins fight against turnpike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 22, Governor Kevin Stitt announced plans for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to embark on a $5 billion, 15-year project to expand Oklahoma\u2019s turnpike network. The effort to expand the turnpike loop around Oklahoma City south and west, through the Moore and Norman areas is raising concerns about water quality, the preservation of wildlife, property rights and even the rare rose rock. But for some, it\u2019s personal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/19710f7a-5b7b-4796-bda7-7fbd64bb0e42\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Part 1 of this 2-part piece, you\u2019ll hear the story of Lisa Meyer, a Norman resident whose home sits by the path of the proposed South Extension route. The home was built by her husband Paul to accommodate their late son Clinton, who lived with disabilities until his death in 2008. Lisa is also active in the newly formed turnpike opposition group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pikeoffota.com\/\">Pike Off OTA<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34842\"  class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 672px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34842\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-672x448.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-672x448.jpg 672w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/05\/Clintons-Grave.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Peggy Dodd\/The OU Daily<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">If the turnpike is built on its proposed path, Lisa Meyer will have to pay to visit her son at the cemetery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 22, Governor Kevin Stitt announced plans for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to embark on a $5 billion, 15-year project to expand Oklahoma\u2019s turnpike network. The effort to expand the turnpike loop around Oklahoma City south and west, through the Moore and Norman areas is raising concerns about water quality, the preservation of wildlife, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":34849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,16],"tags":[1404,33,1396,1395,1400],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34841"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34852,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34841\/revisions\/34852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}