Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) UPDATES

Questions contact: Marie B. Walsh, PhD, Director, LA LTAP/T2 Center, (225)767-9184

Funding Application Deadline – January 16, 2007:

The Louisiana Safe Routes to School 2006 application is due to the LA Department of Transportation and Development, January 16, 2007. The basic purpose of the Safe Routes to School Program is to enable and encourage children to walk and bike to school. Funds are available to implement projects and activities that will improve the physical environment and increase the ability to walk to and from school as well activities to promote walking and biking to school. More information is available at http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/planning/highway_safety/safe_routes/. You may also contact Ms. Shalanda Cole, Program Coordinator, at shalandacole@dotd.la.gov.

Operation LifeSaver High School Speech Contest – January 19, 2007:

Regional contests to pick finalist for State competition. Contestants present short speeches on highway-railroad crossing safety. The contest is educational and informative and the state winner receives a $1000 scholarship award and expense paid trip to the Super Regional Workshop. For more information contact Bryant Laiche at 225 721.3431 or Bryant@laoperationlifesaver.org.

LTAP Classes:

LTAP’s 2007 class schedule is available at www.ltrc.lsu.edu/ltap . Classes start in January 17 with Road Scholar # 5, Safety for the Public Works Employee. Temporary Traffic Control classes begin on January 30.

Also coming up…

Environmental Regulatory Compliance Conference

January 24 & 25, 2007

Riverfront Center

Alexandria, LA

http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/notices/AttendeeBrochure.pdf

DOTD Transportation Engineering Conference

February 11-14, 2007

Baton Rouge River Center

Baton Rouge, LA

http://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/tec_07/index.html

After a year delay due to the storms of 2005 the usually biennial Louisiana Transportation Engineering Conference, hosted by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is back, bigger and better than ever before. The conference, hosted by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center, brings together LADOTD, FHWA, and the transportation community (contractors, consultants, universities, suppliers, parish/local agencies). The new conference site, the Baton Rouge River Center, provides more room for sessions as well as a vendor and technology display show that is the largest ever for this conference. Numerous technical sessions, professional development workshops and technology updates provide a tremendous opportunity for technology transfer and networking between the public and private sectors relative to transportation policy, practice, and problems. Some topics of interest for local agencies include:

Pavement Preservation

Concrete, Chip Seals: Quality and Performance, Performance of Asphalt Mixtures, Compaction of Asphalt Mixtures, Work Zone Safety, Recycled Asphalt Pavement, Exhibitor Displays