The Federal Highway Administration's Local Aid Support Office connects with Local, Tribal and Federal Land Management Agency transportation networks to provide national leadership in the advancement of innovative technologies and practices. Local Aid Support is focused on workforce development and promoting cutting-edge solutions to deliver real results that enhance our nation's transportation system.
The Local Aid Support Team collaborates with a nationwide, diverse mix of partners that includes 51 Local Technical Assistance Program Centers and 7 Tribal Technical Assistance Centers. Our Programs are designed to provide solutions-oriented training and technical assistance to an ever-changing transportation workforce.
Local Aid Support collaborates to deliver the following three programs:
There are 51 LTAP centers - one in each State and one serving Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The centers provide surface transportation technical assistance and training to local public agencies (LPAs).
The training and partnership provided by LTAP allow local and rural communities to maximize the performance of their transportation workforce, manage a safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation infrastructure, and integrate the deployment of innovations into daily operations. More about LTAP
The tribal road inventory includes approximately 58,500 miles of Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribally-owned public roads, 102,500 miles of State, County, and local government public roads, and 12,500 miles of proposed roads. TTAP delivers highway curriculum and technical assistance to the 567 federally-recognized tribes. These resources available through the seven TTAP Centers enable them to build workforce capacity and innovatively address roadway network challenges. More about TTAP
CTIP is a joint technology development and sharing effort of Local Aid Support, the Office of Federal Lands Highway, and the agencies participating in the Federal Lands Transportation Program (FLTP). The goal of CTIP is to provide a forum for vetting and deploying new or under-utilized innovations on Federal land transportation projects. CTIP project results are valuable in the planning, design, or construction of other Federal Land Management Agency (FLMA) projects. More about CTIP
