Local Programs Development Office
Local Programs Development Office (LPDO)
Dickerson Road Streetscape
Erin Town Square Beautification
Crossville Depot
Gray Fossil Site
Hillsboro Stone Wall
Melton Lake Greenway
Town Creek Greenway
Elizabethton Covered Bridge
Maryville Alcoa Greenway
GateWay Trail
Alcoa Pedestrian Bridge
Ashland City Streetscape
knowledgeable team ready to assist local agencies in the development and implementation
of transportation improvements within their community.
The Local Program Development Office (LPDO) administers those federal and state funding programs that are available to local governments to improve their transportation systems.
This site includes information regarding Surface Transportation, Enhancement, Safe Routes to School, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement, Spot Safety, Local Interstate Connector, State Industrial Access Road, Interchange Lighting and Bridge Replacement.
The site also has procedural information, such as how to advertise a federally-funded project and how to request reimbursement for eligible local expenditures.
March 2013
The Environmental Division coordinates with the Local Programs Development Office in the Program Development Division to ensure that appropriate environmental documentation is prepared and approved for locally managed projects. Guidance for developing documentation and the Template for the Programmatic Categorical Exclusion for all projects should be coordinated through the Environmental Division.
- Guidance for Locally Managed Projects Adobe PDF
- Template for the Programmatic Categorical Exclusion MS Word
2013
July 2012
Repair and Installation of Curb Ramps on Resurfacing Projects
Please be advised that for all resurfacing projects ADA requirements must be adhered to, including the installation of ADA compliant curb cuts/ramps. This includes all projects using federal funds that are being let to construction by the local agencies.
In order to assist local governments with compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it will now be the department's intent to repair or install curb ramps which meet the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines whenever possible as we encounter them through resurfacing. It is, however, still the responsibility of local governments to maintain the sidewalks, curb ramps, etc.
Compliance with ADA requirements is of vital importance to the department and we shall work to ensure the safe travel of the motoring public, it is also our responsibility, along with local governments, to ensure the safe travel of all pedestrians.
February 2012
- LPDO CEI Training Course Adobe PDF
- Local Government Guidelines Presentation – Region 4 February 16-17 Adobe PDF
