Posts Categorized: LHTAC News

28th Annual Summer Tribal Planning Institute

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

The Northwest TTAP and the EWU Tribal Planning Program invite you to join our 28th annual summer Tribal Planning Institute at the Riverpoint Campus near downtown Spokane, WA. These workshops will help provide basic knowledge in areas such as transportation, comprehensive planning, Geographical Information Systems, and traffic safety. Join us for an exceptional three weeks of learning opportunities presented by our accomplished speakers.

Road Life Cycle (PDF) June 13-17, 2016

  • Informative workshop includes the process from beginning to end of setting a tribal road.

Tribal Planning (PDF) July 11-15, 2016

  • Dynamic workshop will overview the tribal planning history and legal foundations for comprehensive planning and land use.

GIS for Tribal Planning, Transportation and Traffic Safety (PDF) August 8-12, 2016

  • Learn basic knowledge of GIS concepts, applications, data driven planning, road maps, and analysis.

Cost: $200 for each workshop or $500 for all three

Questions? Contact Michele Siedenburg at msiedenburg@ewu.edu or 509-828-1411

For more information and registration visit:

https://www.ewu.edu/nwttap/training/summer-institute

 

HB312 Distributions – Quarter 3

Posted & filed under Funding News, House Bill 312, LHTAC News.

The third distribution of HB312 funds was released in April.

ITD Payments to Local Governments – Highway Distribution Account (HDA) FY16 QTR3

Please remember that reporting will need to be done on the additional HB312 revenue that your jurisdictions are receiving. Reporting for the HB312 revenue will be collected yearly on the Road & Street Finance Report.

For more information visit our webpage below:

www.lhtac.org/resources/annual-road-and-street-financial-report/

New Deputy Administrator

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council has named a new Deputy Administrator.

We are please to announce that Laila Kral, our T2 and Safety Manager has been named the new Deputy Administrator for LHTAC. Laila has been with LHTAC for the last four years and has been managing the T2 Center, the Local Rural Highway Investment Program (LRHIP) and the Local Highway Safety Improvement Program (LHSIP). (more…)

New House Bill 343 Corrects Special Fuel Tax

Posted & filed under Funding News, House Bill 312, LHTAC News.

That means more funding for LOCALS!
The legislature enacted HB343 that corrects the distribution formula and HB626 authorizes the transfer of the funds from special fuels.

In result of these two bills you will see a small additional distribution in July 2016. These funds are part of your Highway Distribution Account dollars and should be reported with the HB312 funds.

According to HB626 the State Controller is authorized to transfer the corrections. Below you find a summary of the transfers:

• $571,388.94 to the Local Highway Distribution Account

If you have any questions on this please contact LHTAC.

Innovative Bridge Construction GRS-IBS Workshop

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

LHTAC is hosting a demonstration workshop on GRS-IBS bridge construction near Jerome, Idaho – November 2016.

The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) applied for Incentive Funding to provide a demonstration workshop on a Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System (GRS–IBS) bridge construction in southeast Idaho. The workshop will include a half day of class instruction using FHWA experts and half day of onsite observation of the construction. (more…)