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Local Highway Technical Assistance Council
Joint Senate and House Transportation Committees
January 28 2010
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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
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Recent History of the Local Share of the Highway Distribution Account
Year Percent1983 33.33%1984 32.33%1988 34.20%1991 35.77%1999 38.00%
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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
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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
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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
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Best Management Practices, continued…
Partnering with ITD to develop a local roads GIS base map Providing turn-key pavement management systems to local Highway
jurisdictions
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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LHTAC Project Selection Processcontinued…
State-wide selection process for both programs
Criteria is primarily derived from the 1997 Idaho Transportation Planning Task Force recommendations
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LHTAC Project Selection ProcessContinued
State-wide selection process for both programs
Criteria is primarily derived from the 1997 Idaho Transportation Planning Task Force recommendations
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