New House Bill 343 Corrects Special Fuel Tax

Posted April 14, 2016 & 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 April 14, 2016 & 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…)

2016 Innovation Idea Award

Posted April 11, 2016 & filed under Innovation Idea Award.

The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council wants to recognize, reward and share your ideas for innovation. Examples of innovations include cost saving techniques, developing new technology and resource sharing.

Innovation Idea Award Flyer (PDF)

Award submissions are due August 12, 2016.

For more information and to make a submission visit www.lhtac.org/training/innovation.

2016 LHSIP Grouped Sign Project

Posted April 6, 2016 & filed under Bidding.

Bids for the purchase and delivery of signs, beacons, delineators, and thermoplastic pavement markings.

Bidding closed at 5:00 pm MDT April 1^st, 2016.

Bid Abstract (PDF)

Moving People First Summit

Posted March 22, 2016 & filed under LHTAC News.

Join us for a half-day summit on April 13, where we have a cadre of national speakers coming to Boise to discuss roadway design and how it has an impact on the health of our community. The focus is to offer to the community different thought on street design, promoting “people-centered” street and road design. Our community needs to think about all modes of transportation, how the ROW can be used effectively, and how this can lead to a better built environment – we hope this summit aids in the discussion.

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