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Program Development&&STIP STIP • • Spring Spring 2020 Program Development 2018
LANDS ACCESS ACCESS PROGRAM PROGRAM FEDERAL LANDS FUNDING
Federal Year: year: October 1 Programmed Funding funding 2019: $11.7 million million 2021: $11.9 2020: $11.9 million million 2022: $11.9 2021: $11.9 million million 2023: $11.9 2022: $11.9 million 2023: $11.9 million CONTACTS 2024: million Laurie$11.9 Miskimins Federal Lands Access Program laurie. miskimins@dot.gov
CONTACT
James Herlyck William Lawrence Federal Lands Access Program james. 801 964-4468 herlyck@dot.gov billlawrence@Utah.gov
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Federal Federal Lands Lands Access AccessProgram, Program,established establishedby byFederal FederalMAP MAP21 21 The legislation and continued through the FAST Act, provides funding for legislation and continued through the FAST Act, provides funding for transportation project project that thatare arein, in,provide provideaccess accessto, to,or orare areadjacent adjacenttoto transportation Federal Lands. Lands. Federal The program program isis intended intendedto tosupport supporteconomic economicactivity activitygenerated generatedby bytourism tourism The and and recreation recreation sites. sites. The Theprogram programisisfunded fundedthrough throughHighway HighwayAccount Accountofofthe the Highway Highway Trust Trust fund. fund. Programming Programming decisions decisionsare aremade madelocally locallyby byaaProgram ProgramDecisions DecisionsCommittee. Committee. Funds Funds are are distributed distributedto tostates statesaccording accordingto toaaformula formulabased basedon onthe thenumber number of of visitors, visitors, federal federal land landarea, area,federal federalpublic publicroad roadmileage, mileage,and andthe thenumber numberofof federal federal public public bridges. bridges.AAnon-federal non-federalfunding fundingmatch matchisisrequired. required. Program Program funds funds can can be beapplied appliedto todesign, design,construction, construction,and andreconstruction, reconstruction,but but not maintenance projects. State, tribal, or local government agencies that own not maintenance projects. State, tribal, or local government agencies that own or or maintain maintain transportation transportationfacilities facilitiesare areeligible eligibleto toapply. apply.
Projects have been selected, planned, Five programmed projects havethrough been selected, and 2024. The planned, andcall programmed most recent for projectsthrough included 2020: the selection of the following: Cascade Springs Springs Road, Cascade Road, restoration restoration and and rehabilitation in Uinta Wasatch Cache rehabilitation in Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, National Forest, Wasatch Wasatch County County State Route State Route 149, 149, bridge bridge replacement replacement and rehabilitation and rehabilitation at at Dinosaur Dinosaur National National Monument, sponsored Monument, sponsored by by UDOT UDOT Ephraim Canyon Ephraim Canyon Road, Road, restoration restoration and and rehabilitation in Manti-LaSal rehabilitation in Manti-LaSal National National Forest, sponsored Forest, sponsored by by Sanpete Sanpete County County Lion Boulevard, Boulevard, parking Lion parking in in Zion Zion National National park, sponsored by Town of Springdale park, sponsored by Town of Springdale Strawberry Sheep Strawberry Sheep Creek, Creek, restoration restoration and rehabilitation, sponsored and rehabilitation, sponsored by by Wasatch and Wasatch and Utah Utah Counties Counties For more information, see the Utah For more information, see the Utah Access Program page on the FHWA Access Program page on the FHWA website. website.
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The Navajo Lake recreation area is one of the most popular recreation destinations Thethe Navajo recreation area one of the most popular recreation destinations on DixieLake National Forest. Theisroad prior to improvements consisted of 4-6” on the Dixie Nationalsurface Forest.base The road to improvements consisted of 4-6"ofofdust aggregate of aggregate that prior generated an unacceptable amount when surface base that unacceptable amount of dust when traveled uponwith by traveled upon bygenerated motorists.anThe unpaved roadway also presented motorists motorists. unpaved roadway also presented motorists an unsafe design standard an unsafe The design standard that was inadequate for the with amount of traffic generated thatthis wasroad. inadequate for the amount of trafficeliminated generated unwanted/unsafe on this road. Reconstructing the on Reconstructing the roadway dust clouds, roadway eliminated unwanted/unsafe dust clouds, but alsoand included sight but also included improved sight distance for motorists betterimproved air quality to distancepedestrians for motoristsalong and better air quality to nearby pedestrians alongspots, the road nearby the road (pullouts, campgrounds, fishing etc).(pullouts,completed campgrounds, spots,ofetc). The completed consisted of reconstructing The workfishing consisted reconstructing thework existing 22’ wide roadway by the existing 22'towide roadway 22’ by widening to awith consistent 22' wide shoulders on widening a consistent wide road, 4’ shoulders onroad, each with side,4'providing each side, providing space for activeThe transportation. The workofalso consisted of adequate space for adequate active transportation. work also consisted creating creating pedestrian crosswalks all campgrounds and pullouts, paving 4 existing pedestrian crosswalks at/nearat/near all campgrounds and pullouts, paving 4 existing (scenic) pull outs, outs, and (HIP) signs and (scenic) andinstalling installingnew newHigh HighIntensity IntensityPrismatic Prismatic (HIP)highway highway signs and object markers. from State Highway 14 14 to the intersection of Forest object markers.The Theproject projectpaved paved from State Highway to the intersection of Forest Service Road some of the improvements Service Road (FSR) (FSR) #31672. (see (seepicture pictureabove aboveshowing showing some of the improvements completed). completed). Page Page34 29
