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29 CHAPTER FOUR TOOLS FOR STREAMLINING SMALL-SCALE PROJECT DELIVERY conducts training, whereas one-third of focus states work with other agencies to conduct training (primarily FHWA personnel)
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30 State Level The ten state DOTs provided several examples of training support for the LPA program. In many cases, LPA program training is provided on request.
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31 Oregon Similarly to Iowa DOT, ODOT solicits feedback on its local agency guidance manual from a variety of stakeholders including the local agencies, state county engineers association, and other stakeholders. Everything from eligibility requirements, risk assessment for identifying candidate LPA projects, quality control, and the reimbursement process are included in its LPA training materials.
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32 DOT indicated that its provision of a decentralized multidisciplinary coordinator for ROW, environment, planning, programming, production, and construction in the district offices was one of its practices for streamlining small-scale federal-aid project delivery. Ohio DOT explained that trying to coordinate LPA projects from a centralized perspective would add great difficulty to administration of the program.
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33 approach at WSDOT has also enabled their LPA program to be very successful in securing federal funds for projects ranging from transportation enhancements to bridge reconstruction. Another effective practice WSDOT listed was enabling good cooperation between large and small local agencies in getting projects completed, by encouraging the larger agencies to administer projects on behalf of the smaller agencies that may not have sufficient staff or the expertise to deal with federal-aid projects.
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34 Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development, local transportation authority officials, and a citizens' advisory committee. Because the committee represents diverse interests, projects are spread throughout the district's five counties to offer funding opportunities more fairly.
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35 applied for federal funding previously. Selecting the most experienced consultant design team to complete the project greatly increases the chances of projects sponsored by an inexperienced organization.
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36 CERTIFICATION OR QUALIFICATION OF PROJECT SPONSORS Survey respondents were asked to describe whether and how the certification of local agency and nonprofit and for-profit organizations is done in their state. Responses revealed that six of the ten focus states have a certification process for local agencies.
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37 the certification process helps to streamline delivery of LPA projects by verifying that the LPA participants have the necessary levels of staffing and expertise to manage a federalaid project. Certification is done on a case-by-case basis and is established by the type of project, number of projects, and other criteria.
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38 With regard to the TE program specifically, instituting minimum costs led to a "better bang for the buck" for small-scale federal-aid projects. ODOT surmised that NSB projects would never be completed without a minimum cost requirement.
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39 SUMMARY Table 14 presents the major findings of this chapter. More detailed organization of all the chapters is included in Table C1 in Appendix C
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