The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is responding to a new report revealing the agency's debt could triple under a turnpike expansion plan.

The report, issued by the Oklahoma Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), shows OTA is currently $3 billion in debt, but that amount could triple due to current projects.

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The LOFT report says the ACCESS Oklahoma project could bring the total to $10 billion.

News 9 spoke to OTA Executive Director Joe Echelle to learn how the agency is responding.

When you hear those numbers, it's almost staggering. Is this debt sustainable?

Echelle: It's a lot of money, no doubt. The number one thing that everybody in Oklahoma needs to know is that this is not the debt o

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