The PennDOT Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) is one of 52 LTAP centers
across the nation (one in each state, Puerto Rico and one regional
center serving Tribal communities). These centers are dedicated to transferring
transportation technology through training, technical assistance, and other customer
services to municipal elected officials and their staff. The LTAP program is designed
to help Pennsylvania’s municipalities, which maintain over 78,000 miles of roadways,
make the best use of their roadway maintenance dollars. PennDOT LTAP provides technical
information and proven technologies dealing with roadway maintenance and safety
methods to meet the growing demands on municipal governments. PennDOT LTAP has provided
technology transfer services to Pennsylvania’s 2600 municipal governments since
1983. All LTAP services are free to municipalities.
On average, the PennDOT LTAP training and technology transfer programs train and
assist nearly 6,000 municipal employees per year in effective and efficient maintenance
procedures, essential safety practices, and infrastructure management processes.
Historically, PennDOT LTAP has augmented this training with nearly 200 one-on-one
technical assistance sessions and the dissemination of approximately 50,000 pieces
of information highlighting practical technological advances. PennDOT LTAP services
include:
Training:
LTAP training takes many forms and is offered at little or no cost to municipalities.
Training events include scheduled workshop training, Roads Scholar courses, on-site roadshows,
and local product demonstrations. We will bring all the Roads Scholar courses as
well as customized versions of them, directly to the municipalities as Road Shows.
Typically, a municipality or association of municipalities will arrange a half day
session for their road departments and officials. Such hosted courses may also be
attended by employees and officials from nearby communities with permission of the
host.
About the Courses
Participants improve their road and bridge maintenance and safety skills with the
latest proven methods and procedures. Roadmasters, road superintendents, road crews,
public works personnel, managers, and elected officials are shown how new techniques
and technologies apply to their maintenance and safety needs. Officials and managers
in Pennsylvania's municipal governments are responsible for maintaining about 78,000
miles of roadway.
Constructing and caring for roads and streets accounts for an average of 32 percent
of municipal budgets. Roads Scholar courses help to stretch those budgets, providing
information that squeezes the most out of dollars invested. Courses are conducted
by LTAP's technology transfer specialists, who are well versed in the latest developments
and technologies. They are experienced in municipal engineering and have extensive
knowledge of road and street maintenance and safety.
It Costs You Nothing But Your Time
You may attend scheduled courses, held at convenient locations around the state
or request that LTAP bring any course to your municipal site. LTAP provides all
equipment necessary to present courses: videos, slides, samples, and handouts. All
you need to supply is a room that can be darkened, an electrical outlet, and chairs
for the participants. A pot of coffee is optional, but appreciated.
Technical Assistance:
LTAP Engineers are available by phone, email, and in person to help municipalities
troubleshoot specific maintenance and safety problems on their roadways.
Learn more about Technical Assistance.
Newsletters and Technical Information Sheets:
The PennDOT LTAP newsletter is distributed twice a year to at least one contact
in each Pennsylvania municipality as well as the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) officials, metropolitan and rural planning organizations, and other LTAP
centers. The newsletter covers new programs, practices, technologies, legislation,
reminders, and money-saving tips applicable to municipal maintenance and safety
efforts. These newsletters
and technical information sheets are available for download from
this website, even without an LTAP user account.
LTAP Advisory Board:
The PennDOT LTAP Advisory Committee is comprised of a group of approximately fifteen
(15) municipal government (elected and/or appointed) officials who serve a critical
role as program advocates and assist PennDOT by attending training courses, reviewing
course materials and content, and functioning in an advisory role on a variety of
LTAP issues. Find the LTAP Advisory Committee member near you.
GLENN A. COAKLEY
PATTON TWP
CENTRE
CHRIS GOETZ
PENNDOT DISTRICT 4-0
LACKAWANNA
STEVE HERMAN - MPO/RPO REPRESENTATIVE
SEDA-COG
UNION
GREG HERTZLER
MONROE TOWNSHIP
CUMBERLAND
JEFFREY K. KINSEY - CHAIR
ELIZABETHTOWN BOROUGH
LANCASTER
DOUGLAS A. ROTH
PENN TOWNSHIP
BUTLER
DONALD G. SIRIANNI JR.
SPRINGFIELD TWP
MONTGOMERY
ALLEN L. WILLIAMS
PENNDOT ENGINEERING DISTRICT 10-0
INDIANA
DAVID A. WILLIAMS - CO CHAIR
ROSS TOWNSHIP
LUZERNE