Caltrans Division of Local Assistance Please Invoice or Provide Justification by May 6, 2022 The Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Local Assistance has been collaborating with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to reduce the number of inactive projects especially those that have not been reimbursed for 24 months or greater with an unexpended federal funds of $50,000 or more. … Read more Immediate Action Required for Inactive Projects > 24 months
Congratulations to the CA Build a Better Mousetrap 2022 Winners! Winners will move forward to the Federal Highway Administration National Build a Better Mousetrap 2022! Category – Bold Steps Winner: City of Auburn On-Demand Transit System Category – Innovative Project Winner: Ventura County Public Works Standard Operating Procedures ChecklistRunner-Up: Ventura County Bridge Management Program Category … Read more Update: California Build a Better Mousetrap 2022
The USDOT Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) presentsThe Every Day Counts Innovation “Digital As-Builts”to Improve Safety, Time, and Quality in Transportation Construction The FHWA has added new dates for transportation professionals to share with their peers how they have advanced the use of Digital As-Built plans within their highway agencies. The forum occurs the last Monday … Read more Every Day Counts Innovation “Digital As-Builts” Webinar
Local Hiring Preferences (relative to geographic and economic hiring preferences) The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) allows local public agencies (LPAs) to implement geographic or economic hiring preference (including local hiring preferences) relating to the use of labor on federal-aid construction projects. LPAs may now … Read more Local Hiring Preference Update
On January 3, 2022, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule in the Federal Register to amend Part 625 in Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations – Design Standards for Highways: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/03/2021-28236/design-standards-for-highways. Per this final rule, FHWA allows the State and Local Public Agencies (LPAs) to adopt procedures or design criteria, as approved … Read more Office Bulletin #22-01: Division of Local Assistance (DLA) Standards for 3R Projects on NHS Highways
ATP Cycle 6 – Now Open! ATP Cycle 6 is expected to include about $650 million of federal, Senate Bill 1 of 2017, and State Highway Account (SHA) funding. The funding/programming years include the 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, and 2026-27 fiscal years. ATP Cycle 6 also includes a Quick-Build Phase II Pilot Program. Quick-Build projects have … Read more Active Transportation Program (ATP) – Call for Projects