Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects (2013) / Chapter Skim
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5 applicants. This synthesis will aid state LPA offices, LPAs, and other stakeholders in exploring the use of current practices and in developing performance measures to monitor effectiveness in the delivery of federal-aid programs.
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6 evaluation techniques for reviewing LPA program and LPA projects, and project management tools and practices for implementing performance measures and an LPA certification program. These chapters are followed by a list of acronyms, references, a bibliography, and four appendices.
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7 Local public agency -- Any organization or instrumentality that is directly or indirectly affiliated with a government body under federal, state, or local jurisdiction. Such entities will have administrative and/or functional responsibilities, including the authority to finance, build, operate, or maintain public infrastructure facilities.
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8 interagency communication between FHWA Division LPA coordinators, improve quality, promote consistency, and reinforce regulatory requirements for an effective project delivery process for locally administered projects. Meetings are held every quarter online to present information on timely LPA issues and topics.
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9 cies Needs Strengthening (MH-2011-146) report, which summarized federal-aid project audit results from California, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas.
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10 TABLE 2 INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON LPA PROGRAM, AS SUMMARIZED FROM EACH STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY (DOT) WEBSITE State Training Manuals Documents Workshops Web-based Training Manuals Online Forms Project Applications AL AK AZ X X X X X AR CA X X X X X CO X X X X CT X X X X DE X X DC FL X X X X X GA X X X HI ID X X X X IL X X X X IN X X X X IA X X X X X KS X X X KY X X X LA X ME X X X X MD MA X X X MI X X MN X X X MS X X X X X MO X X X X MT X X X X X NE X X X X X NV X X NH X X X NJ X X X NM X X X NY X X X NC X X ND X X X X OH X X X X X OK X OR X X X X PA X X X RI SC X X X X SD X TN X X X X TX X X X X UT X X VT X X X VA X X X X WA X X X X X WV WI X X WY
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11 sight were identified. The information from the literature review is organized in relation to the three major project delivery phases: project planning and programming; project development; and project management.
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12 legislative language and applicable federal regulations would provide clearer guidance for LPAs. In addition, the document recommended an increase in authority for states and U.S.DOT to use programmatic approaches for environmental compliance.
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13 VDOT implemented a score-based risk and oversight method of project management. The method is designed to help VDOT project coordinators identify elements that could affect the level of risk to an LPA project, as well as to determine VDOT's expected level of oversight.
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