TCS Project

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FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant

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Amount and Period

• 11.9 million
• Over 4 years
• Starting October 1, 2006
• (ATSSA has a 20 match)

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3 Areas

• Highway Work Zone Worker Safety Training
• Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Development
• Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Training

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Area 1- Work Zone Training

• WESK What Everyone Should Know About TTC
  Training
• TCT Traffic Control Technician
• TCS Traffic Control Supervisor
• FIT Flagger Instructor Training
• ETC Emergency Traffic Control
• LEO Law Enforcement Officer
• NTC Nighttime Traffic Control
• Utility Utility Traffic Control
• 1340 Total Courses Covering all 50 States

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Area 2 Guidelines Development

• Develop Guidelines in 5 Areas
• Positive Protection
• High-Visibility Garments
• Pedestrians and Work Zones
• Maintenance Work Zone
• Safety
• Work Zone Planning

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Area 3 Guidelines Training

• Development and Implementation of Training
  Programs
• Traffic Control Design Specialist
• Urban Work Zone Design
• Work Zone Strategies
• Analytical Tools for Work Zone Planning
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Considerations in
  Work Zones
• 400 Total Courses

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Next Steps For Each Area

• AREA 1 Prepare Training Courses For Scheduling
• Prioritize roll out of courses
• Modify existing courses
• NHI Guidelines
• 508 Remediation
• Schedule and promote courses 10/07

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Next Steps For Each Area

• AREA 2 Identify Guidelines Subject Areas
• Synthesis Document of Existing Policies,
  Regulations, and Guidelines
• Gaps Needs Analysis
• Practitioner Group Meeting
• Develop Guidelines and Training Materials

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Next Steps For Each Area
AREA 3 Planning for Area 3 (Guidelines
Training) will come in year 2 of the grant
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Opportunity States

• AL
• AZ
• CA
• FL
• IL
• KY
• LA
• MS

• MO
• NC
• OH
• PA
• SC
• TN
• TX
• WI

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Grant Partners

• SAIC Science Applications International
  Corporation (Mark Robinson Mark.D.Robinson_at_saic.
  com or [phone])
• National Sheriffs Association
• JM Morales and Associates
• James Bryden
• Ernest Huckaby

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Internal Grant Team

• Donna Clark - GRANT PROGRAM MANAGER
  (donnac_at_atssa.com or [phone])
• Catherine Saunders
• Tammy Loving
• Dave McKee
• Jim Baron
• Lisa Wetzel
• Mitzi Lao
• Tracey Clark and Kristi Henderson

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Questions

• Donna Clark
• Donnac_at_atssa.com
• 540-368-1701 or 877-642-4637

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