Local Technical
Assistance Program

The Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) serves counties and municipalities in Oklahoma by providing training and technical assistance for road and bridge construction, repair, and maintenance and other transportation-related issues. The LTAP at OSU is one of a network of LTAP centers directed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

CLGT was designated and funded as a Transportation Technology Transfer Center in 1982 under the FHWA’s Rural Technical Assistance Program (RTAP). The Oklahoma center was one of four original RTAP centers created by the FHWA.

The idea for this technology transfer program actually originated in Oklahoma and was modeled after the Cooperative Extension Program. In 1991, the program became the LTAP and expanded to include urban communities. The network of LTAP centers brings technology, transfer services, products, educational resources, and new innovations to the local level.

Support for the LTAP at OSU comes from the FHWA, which channels Federal LTAP funds through the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), the state of Oklahoma, and OSU.

The mission of the LTAP centers is to stimulate an active, progressive, and cost-effective transfer of highway technology and technical assistance to rural and local governments. A variety of activities and projects are funded that link local highway agencies, tribal governments, states, universities, and the Federal Government. The LTAP at OSU is nationally recognized as an innovator in technology transfer.

The center accomplishes the LTAP mission through a variety of services:

Presenting workshops, seminars, and other training opportunities

Conducting the County Roads Scholar Certification program

Providing on-site technical assistance

Maintaining a lending library for publications, videotapes, and other technology resource documents

Providing information on new and existing technology

Coordinating with faculty and staff at OSU to provide technical expertise and support

Publishing a quarterly newsletter

Maintaining a database of rural, local, and state transportation officials and other resources in Oklahoma and nation-wide

Federal Highway Administration LTAP site

Contact:
Doug Wright, Manager of LTAP
email: wright@okway.okstate.edu