Equipment Available to Local Highway Jurisdictions on Loan
Traffic Counters
The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) has four traffic counters for loan to Local Highway Jurisdictions around the state. These counters basically count two impacts on the road tube as one vehicle. They do not separate the trucks from the automobiles, and consequently, they will give a basic average daily traffic (ADT) count for your system. This information is important, particularly if you are applying for Federal-aid highway funds, or merely want to observe the changes in traffic patterns and volumes throughout your system.
If you are interested in borrowing these units, for up to one month at a time, we would be glad to reserve them for you.
Laser Speed Gun
Based on requests from local highway jurisdictions, LHTAC has a laser speed gun for the purpose of spot checking vehicular speed on roads. This will be helpful in determining whether an official speed study should be undertaken. While local highway jurisdictions can set speed limits on local roads by ordinance, it is required that speed study data is collected only after taking the LHTAC T2 Center’s speed study class, and that the study be reviewed by a licensed engineer.
Please contact our office either by telephone at 1-800-259-6841 / 208-344-0565 or by email lhtac@lhtac.org and we will make arrangements for delivery on a first come first serve basis.
Don’t forget… We offer assistance to local highway jurisdiction in need to sell, receive and/or exchange property on our website https://lhtac.org/resources/equipment/.