A website just for Iowa’s local agencies
Have you checked out the resources available on the Iowa DOT’s Office of Local Systems’ website? Here’s a sampling:
Guides
- Project Development Information Packet - 2001 Edition
- Instructional Memoranda to County Engineers
- Policy for Accommodating Utilities On County and City (Non-Primary) Federal Aid Highway Right of Way
- Iowa County Engineering: A Resource Guide for County Engineers
- County Bridge Standards Index
- Bid Thresholds for Iowa Cities and Counties
Forms and instructions for local projects
- Concept Statement for Local Systems Federal Aid Projects form
- Project Development Certification form
- County Annual Report Instructions
- Street Finance Report
- Iowa DOT Schedule of Equipment Rates
- Benefit/Cost Calculation worksheetsfor roadway segment or spot location safety improvements
- Bridge Sufficiency Rating Calculationworksheet
- Risk Assessment for Bridges (Culverts)form
- Materials Audit forms
- All DOT forms
Funding information
- Funding Guide
- Funding Application Forms
- County Highway Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement program (HBRR) Fund Balances
- County Farm-to-Market (FM) Fund Balancesand the statewide total
Local Systems mailings
- Office of Local Systems local agency mailings (includes date)
- Electronic mailings from the past two years that are available online
- Contact information for Local Systems staff, an organization chart, and a brief description of duties
- District staff information
- Peers in cities and counties across the state (Local Jurisdictions Information book)
- Iowa utilities
Links
- Other Iowa DOT office web sites and resources, including city and county maps
- State agencies and organizations
- Federal agencies and organizations
- Professional organizations
Under development
Local Systems is currently
- updating the online system for cities’ street finance reports, and counties’ automated annual report system and
- developing a DOTNET guidance manual for information about administering local projects using federal funds
For more information
See for yourself: www.dot.state.ia.us/local_systems/index.htm.
