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Local Highway Technical Assistance Council

Local Highway Technical Assistance Council. Joint Senate and House Transportation Committees January 28 2010. Early History. The Legislature has been dealing with Transportation since day one.

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Local Highway Technical Assistance Council

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  1. Local Highway Technical Assistance Council Joint Senate and House Transportation Committees January 28 2010

  2. Early History • The Legislature has been dealing with Transportation since day one. • 1863: 1st Territorial Legislature passed Council Bill 7 giving County Commissions taxing authority for roads. • 1891: Idaho’s 1st Legislature continued the tradition of improving the road system by funding survey work • 1893: The Legislature authorized a basic state road system again using the County Commission model • 1913: The Legislature enacted the first vehicle registration (70% to County Commissions to pay off bonds) • 1923: The Legislature enacted the first fuel tax at 2 cents per gallon of motor fuel • 1925: County share of the distribution of fees was increased to 90 % to repay local bond used to construct state highways. • 1913-1930: Locals normally covered at least 2/3rds or more of State Highway Construction costs in their County • Source: “Idaho’s Highway History 1863-1975”; 1985 and “Highway Financial Practices and Trends in Idaho”, S.E. Johnson Director; 1942

  3. Recent History of the Local Share of the Highway Distribution Account YearPercent 1983 33.33% 1984 32.33% 1988 34.20% 1991 35.77% 1999 38.00%

  4. Rational Allocation Process • The Legislature has established a rational process over the years to allocate limited public resources • Locals currently receive 38% of the net Highway Distribution Account (Approximately $124 million in 2008) • Independent studies support this split based upon vehicle miles traveled on the state and local transportation system • Cities receive 30% of the local share based on their proportion of population • Counties and Highway Districts receive 70% based on: • 10% shared equally to each county, and sub-districts • 45% based upon the proportion of registered vehicles • 45% based upon the proportion of improved road miles

  5. Local Elected Officials • Elected local highway officials are responsible to spend limited public resources efficiently and effectively • They are charged with managing the local transportation system. Most do this using: • Transportation Plans • 5 year Capital improvement plans • Pavement Management Plans • They are accountable and must answer to their constituents at the ballot box

  6. What is LHTAC doing to help? Promoting Best Management Practices • Created a series of technical manuals on uniform standards and procedures: Examples • Highway and Street Guidelines for Design and Construction • Speed Limits & Speed Zones in Idaho • Use of Public Right-of-Way-Standard approach Policy • Highway Right-of-Way Acquisition Without Federal Funds • Guidelines for Completing the Annual Road and Street Finance Report • Manual on Transportation Plans

  7. Partnering with ITD to develop a local roads GIS base map Providing turn-key pavement management systems to local Highway jurisdictions Best Management Practices, continued…

  8. Best Management Practices, continued… • LHTAC funds and promotes • transportation planning • including policy objectives, • prioritized capital improvement plans, • pavement management plans • and, regional cooperation. • Local road miles with transportation plans: 84 % of Cities, 86% of Highway Districts and 90% of Counties

  9. Best Management Practices, continued… • Providing assistance and training to LHJ’s on how to fill out the Road and Street Finance Report. • Providing training to LHJ’s on a wide variety of topics from basic math to operation of road building equipment through our Technology Transfer Center

  10. Preliminary Suggestions for Local Highway Performance Measures • Overall goal-improve 1/20th of the local paved highway system each year • New Road Construction- Measure: lane miles constructed • New Bridge Construction- Measure: square feet of deck • Road Reconstruction- Measure: lane miles reconstructed • Maintenance, Chip Seal- Measure: lane miles chip sealed • Maintenance, Seal Coat- Measure: lane miles of seal coat • Maintenance, patching-Measure: square feet patched • Gravel Road Grading-Measure: lane miles graded

  11. LHTAC Project Selection Process • LHTAC administers 4 programs • Local Federal-aid Incentive program ($10 million dollars annually) • Local Federal Bridge program ($5 million) • Local Off-system Bridge program $3 million) • Local Rural Incentive program ($2.2 million)

  12. LHTAC Project Selection Processcontinued… • State-wide selection process for both programs • Criteria is primarily derived from the 1997 Idaho Transportation Planning Task Force recommendations

  13. LHTAC Project Selection ProcessContinued • State-wide selection process for both programs • Criteria is primarily derived from the 1997 Idaho Transportation Planning Task Force recommendations

  14. Questions? • Lance Holmstrom, LHTAC Administrator M.U.P Address: 3330 Grace Street Boise, Idaho 83703 Phone: (208) 344-0565 Website: LHTAC.org

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