!"#$%&''()*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &*)+,)%-./0)*%-.)'+12.#)32'%45612+/(6%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 7).8$%"!9%:;!<% Tribal Transportation Program Update ! "#$%!&%'#()*+!,-.-! /012! 3'*4)$!5$46#%!7))$84*#9)$! --=%>1?)#@%%A%-21/8+% •! TTP Funding / Reauthorization •! •! •! •! •! •! •! Update to 25 CFR 170 TTP Safety Funding Bridge Inspections and FHWA’s NPRM Proposal on Dual Language Signs Use of 23 USC 202(a)(9) to Transfer Funds Federal Lands Acting Associate Administrator TIGER VII -./0)*%-.)'+12.#)32'%=.2B.)6%C--=D% E('?/'B% •! Public Law 113 -159 o! Kept Highway Trust Fund solvent and extended the provisions of MAP-21 through May 31, 2015. o! 8 months = 67 % •! Public Law 113 – 235 o! Appropriations Bill provided limitation for TTP for the entire year (through September 30, 2015). •! So, PL 113-159 is the limiting action o! 67 % of the FY15 funding has been made available. -./0)*%-.)'+12.#)32'%=.2B.)6%C--=D% E('?/'B% •! Additional congressional action will be needed before May 31 o! To make the final 33 % of the FY 2015 TTP funding available to the Tribes. EF%:;!<%E('?/'B% •! Current situation: o! FY 15 Tribal Shares are posted on BIA and FHWA websites •! Tribal shares determined using 3rd year of transition to TTP statutory formula –!Basis: 40 % IRR FY11 tribal shares, 60 % TTP funding formula o! Tribal shares and planning (67 %) are being distributed. G@)(#$2./H)32'%=.212+)*% •! The Administration’s Proposal GROW AMERICA ACT “Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America” o! o! o! 6 year Bill TTP: •! Program size increases each year beginning at $507M •! No change to statutory funding formula •! Some change in takedowns •! Brings HPP back into the primary program This proposal is still supported by the Administration and was just presented to Congress. IGJK%&7LGMN&%A%--=% •! The existing MAP 21 is $450 million per year GROW AMERICA - Requested Authorized Amounts FY 2016 - $507 million FY 2019 - $538 million FY 2017 - $517 million FY 2020 - $548.8 million FY 2018 - $527 million FY 2021 - $559.7 million 6 year total - $3.1975 billion IGJK%&7LGMN&%A%--=% •! Takedowns: MAP 21 compared to GROW AMERICA: Category MAP 21 GROW AMERICA PM&O 6% 6% Bridge 2% 4% Planning 2% 3% Safety 2% 2% HPP 0 7% Comment No change Increased for bridge inspections and projects Increased for improved data collection No change Brings program and funding back under TTP IGJK%&7LGMN&%A%--=% •! Takedowns o! (cont’d.) Initial program $$ increase in GROW AMERICA offsets the increase in takedowns. •! Other: o! “Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects” Program •! $150 million/year, $50 million projects >1?)#@%#2%:<%NEG%!O;% •! NPRM published in Federal Register on December 19, 2014. •! 6 consultation sessions have been held: o! (Sacramento, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Anchorage, and Seattle). •! Comment period ended March 20, 2015 •! BIA and FHWA will address the comments received, make approved changes to the NPRM, and publish a Final Rule as soon as possible. --=%4)P@#5%E('?/'B% •! 2% takedown – Approx. $8.6 million/year •! FY 2013 o! o! 240 applications received totaling $27 million Awarded 195 projects to 183 Tribes •! FY 2014 o! o! 126 applications received totaling $27.1 million Awarded 94 projects to 82 Tribes •! FY 2015 o! TTP Safety NOFA will be issued shortly. Emphasis will be on getting awards announced before the end of the calendar year. Webinar scheduled for early to mid-April. Check the FHWA TTP website for more information. Q./?B@%M'+1@832'+% •! FHWA and BIA working to ensure inspections of tribal bridges are carried out within the required timeframe. •! Contact BIA or FHWA regarding inspections of your tribal bridges. •! Bridge Inspection NPRM is under review at FHWA and should be published in 2015. o! Consultation sessions will be carried out. R()*%S)'B()B@%4/B'+% •! FHWA has developed a proposed policy for installation of dual language signs along roads within tribal lands. •! Proposed Policy is on FHWA’s TTP website. •! Comments would be appreciated. •! Please send any comments to robert.sparrow@dot.gov or to the same location as the NPRM comments. •! Comments will be forwarded to the FHWA officials for further action and response. •! FHWA/BIA will work with the TTP Coordinating Committee for further resolution. >+@%2P%:"%>4N%:;:C)DCTD%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #2%-.)'+P@.%E('?+% •! Provides authority for “Title 23” state, county, or local funds to be provided to Tribes through BIA or FHWA. o! o! o! State must request that funds be transferred to a tribe for a project or activity FHWA is finalizing language for its TTP Funding Agreements and will individually work with a tribe and state to complete. Project is carried out like a TTP project. &83'B%E@?@.)*%S)'?+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &++28/)#@%&?6/'/+#.)#2.%C&&D% •! Joyce Curtis has retired. •! Acting Associate Administrator for Federal Lands is Robert Arnold •! No change in program or support should be expected. •! New Associate Administrator should be named very soon. -MILG%UMM% •! Expect a NOFA very soon •! Webinar for Tribes shortly after NOFA o! Economic data provided by Tribes o! Economic analysis performed by OST •! TIGER Summit in D.C. on April 16 !"#$%&''()*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &*)+,)%-./0)*%-.)'+12.#)32'%45612+/(6%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 7).8$%"!9%:;!<% Tribal Transportation Program TTP Projects !! ! "#$%!&%'#()*+!,-.-! /012! 3'*4)$!5$46#%!7))$84*#9)$! 7)'*@5%V2#%41./'B+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+% =.2W@8#% •! Tribe: Manley Hot Springs Village •! Location: Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. •! 1.4 miles of 4R reconstruction of village streets. •! Subexcavation, culverts, embankment, gravel surfacing, revegetation. 7)'*@5%V2#%41./'B+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+% =.2W@8#% Geotextile installed in road subexcavation 7)'*@5%V2#%41./'B+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+% =.2W@8#% Placing select borrow fill over the geotextile 7)'*@5%V2#%41./'B+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+% =.2W@8#% Roadside revegetation applied 4)/'#%7/8$)@*%G2)?X)5%M61.2Y@6@'#+% =.2W@8#% •! Tribe: Native Village of Saint Michael •! Location: Saint Michael, Alaska. •! 4.4 miles of 4R reconstruction of village streets. •! Subexcavation, insulating board, embankment, culverts, gravel surfacing, chip seal, revegetation. 4#Z%7/8$)@*%G2)?X)5%M61.2Y@6@'#+% =.2W@8#% “Blueboard” insulating styrofoam under road 4#Z%7/8$)@*%G2)?X)5%M61.2Y@6@'#+% =.2W@8#% “4R” Reconstruction of streets 4#Z%7/8$)@*%G2)?X)5%M61.2Y@6@'#+% =.2W@8#% At-grade boardwalks 4#Z%7/8$)@*%G2)?X)5%M61.2Y@6@'#+% =.2W@8#% Elevated boardwalk: Being built and finished 4#@00/'+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+%=.2W@8#% •! Tribe: Stebbins Community Association •! Location: Stebbins, Alaska. •! 3.2 miles of 3R and 4R reconstruction of village streets. •! Subexcavation, insulating board, embankment, culverts, gravel surfacing, synthetic fluid dust abatement, revegetation. 4#@00/'+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+%=.2W@8#% “Blueboard” insulating styrofoam under road 4#@00/'+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+%=.2W@8#% “3R” Reconstruction and “4R” Reconstruction 4#@00/'+%N266('/#5%4#.@@#+%=.2W@8#% Synthetic fluid dust abatement on gravel road -('#(#(*/),%Q2).?.2)?+%=.2W@8#% •! Tribe: Native Village of Tuntutuliak •! Location: Tuntutuliak, Alaska. •! 1.5 miles of new elevated boardroad, 7’ to 10’ wide. •! Boardroad elevated on helical piers. -('#(#(*/),%Q2).?.2)?+%=.2W@8#% Helical piers: Installation and finished -('#(#(*/),%Q2).?.2)?+%=.2W@8#% Elevated boardroads --=%=.2W@8#+%/'%#$@%[S2X@.%\]^% Before After Rivercrest Road, Cawtawba Indian nation, Rock Hill, S. Carolina --=%=.2W@8#+%/'%#$@%[S2X@.%\]^% Oglala Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Bridge, Custer County, SD, SDDOT Partnership --=%=.2W@8#+%/'%#$@%[S2X@.%\]^% Trinidad Pier project, Trinidad Rancheria, CA --=%=.2W@8#+%/'%#$@%[S2X@.%\]^% Lummi Tribe, Haxton Way roundabout, Ferndale, WA _(@+32'+`% N2'#)8#%a%=.2B.)6%M'P2% •! Karl Gleason FHWA TTP Senior Tribal Coordinator (360) 619-7823 email:!karl.gleason@dot.gov •! FHWA TTP website:! http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ttp/ •! FHWA Program Delivery Guide: http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ttp/guide
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