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November 30, 2009

911 addresses may come soon

By Liz McMahan



Muskogee County residents should all have 911 addresses assigned to them within the next eight months, District 3 Commissioner Dexter Payne said.

The Board of Commissioners signed their third and final contract Monday with Eastern Oklahoma Development District for completing the addressing project.

The project is funded with a $19,333 grant, Payne said.

Many county residents are anxious for the project’s completion, he said.

“They can’t get a credit card or buy a gun with a rural route number,” Payne said.

Cities and towns within the county will have the option to continue using their addressing system or converting to the 911 addresses, which are determined through a global system, Payne said.

In some cases, some streets will be marked with both a 911 address and the name given the road.

“There are several Two Mile Roads in the county,” he said. “Those will also have the 911 address on the same post.”

Commissioners have started posting 911 street names, Payne said. When the residential addresses are issued, residents will be required to install those addresses.

The addressing project should be complete in the next eight months and notification of new addresses will be mailed out at that time, Payne said.

He estimated it will be about 18 months before the system is fully implemented and the 911 addresses will be required.

Reach Liz McMahan at 684-2926 or lmcmahan@muskogeephoenix.com

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