Local Assistance Division

VDOT’s Local Programs Policy

• Locally Administered Projects Manual
• Delivery of Local Programs and Projects Policy  (131KB)
• Implementation updates
  
  • USDOT Office of Inspector General audit of locally administered projects

• • Letter to localities announcing new policy  (25KB)
  • Survey
    
    As part of the implementation plan for the recently adopted Locally Administered Programs and Projects Policy, VDOT surveyed its major stakeholders: local governments, VDOT project coordinators and consultants to local government. Survey summary  (29KB)
  • FHWA process review
  • FHWA completed a review of practices in several states and summarized findings and recommendations.
    
    The Administration of Federal-aid Projects by local public agencies: Final report  (366KB)
    
    
  • Virginia provided a baseline report that summarized the status of its program. 
                FHWA baseline review  (282KB)
    
    
  • Virginia FHWA process review – In response to the FHWA national review of locally administered projects, VDOT and the VA FHWA office initiated a process review of federally funded locally administered projects in Virginia. 
    
    Three VDOT districts, five local governments, and seven VDOT Central Office divisions were interviewed as part of the process review. 
    
    
    • Joint process review of VDOT's  Local Government Administered Federal-aid Program: final report
• Locality workshop
  
  To support implementation of the policy, the Local Assistance Division scheduled a facilitated meeting in May 2008 with representatives of local governments that have had the more active locally administered programs.
  
  The participants offered many suggestions on ways to enhance the process and assist them with successful project delivery.  Locality workshop summary notes  (25KB)