After a judge ruled on Thursday that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority violated the Open Meetings Act, those opposing new turnpikes across the state are celebrating. Around 250 plaintiffs sued the OTA, claiming agendas from two meetings in early 2022 were not transparent to the public.| MORE | Judge rules Oklahoma Turnpike Authority violated Open Meeting Act"A person of ordinary education and intelligence should be able to read the agenda and know precisely what is taking place in the meeting," said Stanley Ward, the attorney representing the plaintiffs. All Access Oklahoma actions and plans made during the January and February meetings were said to be invalid. "If there is a willful violation of the act, which the judge found that there was in this case, there’s a statute that says any action taken in willful violation of the act is invalid," said Ward. Now, if the OTA plans to construct any new turnpikes, like those planned in areas near Norman, it will have to do it while hearing the voices of the public. OTA sent a statement to KOCO saying it respects the court's decision and plans to correct what the court find to be deficient.The full statement is below: "The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has always endeavored to conduct its statutory mission to construct, operate, repair and maintain turnpike projects in an open and transparent manner. We respect the Court’s decision and will go about bringing new items of business, to correct what the Court found to be deficient, for the Authority Board’s consideration. "The OTA first announced the $5 Billion long-range turnpike expansion and improvement plan at the December 7, 2021 Board Meeting, and thereafter made OTA representatives available to the media in order to publicize the announcement as much as possible. The announcement was made at an early stage of development so that the public would have meaningful information about the OTA’s long-range plans and the timing of future projects."