>> Videohost: Welcome to the Federal-aid Essentials for Local Public Agencies.
This website highlights some of the key components of the Federal-aid Highway Program,
offering local governments across the country online transportation resources helpful to
managing highway project delivery.
Understanding the Federal requirements can lead to timely, on-budget, safe and high-quality projects.
Let’s talk about why this is important and how this site—Federal-aid Essentials—can assist
local public agencies in administering federally funded projects.
>>Female narrator: Did you know that for nearly 120 years, our national highways have helped shape
and strengthen our country’s economic competitiveness?
However, today’s unprecedented economic change has made it imperative that projects are planned,
delivered and maintained efficiently and effectively. Transportation agencies are now required to pursue
better, faster and smarter ways of doing business while ensuring a strong, safe infrastructure that
serves the public interest. So, when your agency works on a Federal-aid project, you need to have sufficient
knowledge of Federal regulations to make good use of your time and resources as you continue
to build the public’s trust.
>>Videohost: Your State Department of Transportation, your DOT, is very knowledgeable about Federal-aid projects
and is your primary resource for complying with Federal requirements.
The Federal Highway Administration, the FHWA, partners with your State highway agency and
also provides information and materials that support understanding and successful project delivery.
Working together, Federal, State, and local officials regularly meet to talk about transportation
issues and to consider common concerns. To further help answer questions, the FHWA
has created an online library of informational videos and related resources that describe
Federal requirements in everyday language. This website also allows you to:
Indicate areas of interest and receive alerts when material that matches your interests becomes
available and offer feedback that will help us continue to provide valuable and current assistance.
>>Female narrator: The library’s overview material provides an excellent foundation for charting your own
informational pathway. The program information teaches you the essentials about different and
advantageous methods of complying with Federal regulation. The project information explains some of the key
requirements for keeping a project eligible for Federal aid. Additionally, the library provides you contact information for
resource people in both your State’s DOT and the FHWA.
>>Videohost: No matter the phase of project delivery – from planning to maintenance and operation – everyone will find the library useful.
Topics include: Federal-aid Program Overview, Finance, Environment, Right-of-Way, Civil Rights,
Project Development, Project Construction and Contract Administration.
So explore the valuable resources found in this website, Federal-aid Essentials for Local Public Agencies.
Use the online library to your benefit in your journey to project success. Freely make use of the feedback
forms--offer suggestions. Let the FHWA know what you think of the site. And encourage your colleagues and other
agencies to take advantage of the information shared through the Federal-aid Essentials for Local Public Agencies.