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The LTAP program is designed to help Pennsylvania’s municipalities, which maintain over 68,000 miles of roadways, make the best use of their roadway maintenance dollars. PennDOT's LTAP program provides technical information and proven technologies dealing with roadway maintenance and safety methods to meet the growing demands on municipal governments.

Training includes courses designed to help municipalities with administration of programs, maintenance of equipment and assets. LTAP also provides live demonstrations as well as technical assistance on municipal projects.

Upcoming Classes
Date/Time/Location	Topic
February 9, 2012 8:00 am to 11:00 am Fairview Township Fire Hall 340 Lewisberry Rd. New Cumberland, PA 17070	Safe Driver This course is intended for drivers of municipal vehicles. Recognizing that the cause of the majority of crashes is driver error, the course encourages the development of safe driving behaviors through an understanding of three phases of the driving task, completing a pre-trip vehicle inspection, and work site vehicle operation. The course is presented with these trainee objectives: Learn that the driving task requires a commitment to being as safe as possible; Recognize the messages being communicated through traffic control devices; Use new techniques to drive as safely as possible. After an introduction to the importance of developing safe driving behaviors, the course focuses on recognizing traffic control devices, including signs, pavement markings, temporary traffic control, and the contribution of these devices to driver expectancy. After a section describing driving skills and awareness, the course leads trainees through a discussion of specific driving situations to reinforce trainee driving skills and awareness. While these first four modules of the course are useful to all drivers, including those using municipal cars, the course`s final instructional module focuses on the specific needs of equipment operators and CDL holders. Intended audience: Any employee who operates municipal and public works vehicles.
February 21, 2012 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Stewartstown Borough Office 6 N. Main St. Suite A Stewartstown, PA 17363	Work Zone Traffic Control This course identifies the work zone set-up requirements, traffic control devices, and flagging procedures through a review of the regulations in PennDOT Publication 213, Temporary Traffic Control Guidelines, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The course covers development of traffic control plans, use of typical layout figures from the publication, and inspection of established work zones. The course emphasizes teaching work zone traffic control guidelines and set-ups for typical municipal work, from grading a gravel road to painting crosswalk lines to repairing pavement. Intended Audience: Individuals who are performing maintenance, construction, or traffic control on municipal roadways including: public works employees, roadmasters and street superintendents. Others who would benefit from this course include: law enforcement personnel (for enforcement purposes), municipal managers and elected officials (to understand the importance and for budgeting purposes). Engineers are welcome to attend, but the focus is on the non-engineer.
March 14, 2012 8:00 am to 12:00 pm York City Waste Water Treatment Plant 1701 Blackridge Rd. York, PA 17405	Work Zone Traffic Control This course identifies the work zone set-up requirements, traffic control devices, and flagging procedures through a review of the regulations in PennDOT Publication 213, Temporary Traffic Control Guidelines, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The course covers development of traffic control plans, use of typical layout figures from the publication, and inspection of established work zones. The course emphasizes teaching work zone traffic control guidelines and set-ups for typical municipal work, from grading a gravel road to painting crosswalk lines to repairing pavement. Intended Audience: Individuals who are performing maintenance, construction, or traffic control on municipal roadways including: public works employees, roadmasters and street superintendents. Others who would benefit from this course include: law enforcement personnel (for enforcement purposes), municipal managers and elected officials (to understand the importance and for budgeting purposes). Engineers are welcome to attend, but the focus is on the non-engineer
March 22, 2012 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Penn Township Public Works Building 976 Wilson Ave. Hanover, PA 17331	Road Surface Management This course provides the basics for developing a road surface management program to help local governments manage their pavements by providing an understanding of the concept and importance of road surface inventories and condition surveys. A review of the basic components of flexible and rigid pavements is discussed. Pavement condition evaluations and how to recognize common pavement distress is presented. Sample pavement ratings are performed by the participants. Repair strategies at the system and project level are discussed using the information presented in the course. Intended Audience: Individuals responsible for performing roadway inventory and condition surveys as well as planning and programming functions such as: public works directors, street supervisors, roadmasters and crew foremen.
April 10, 2012 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Windsor Township Municipal Building 1480 Windsor Rd. Windsor, PA 17356	Principles of Paving This course is for municipal employees who are involved in the planning, inspecting and placement of asphalt paving operations. The course will provide the information needed to properly plan and monitor a hot mix asphalt paving project. Basic knowledge of hot mix asphalt materials and construction specifications will be provided. The importance of proper roadway preparation to obtain a long lasting product will be discussed. A basic understanding of the delivery, placement, and compaction process in paving operations will be provided. Intended Audience: Public Works employees who pave with hot mix asphalt, particulary roadmasters, foremen and equipment operators that operate rollers, pavers, distributors, and dump trucks on the job. Others who would benefit from this course include: inspectors, and street supervisors involved in monitoring hot mix asphalt paving projects for local governments.
May 23, 2012 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Springettsbury Township Municipal Building 1501 Mt. Zion Rd. York, PA 17402	Common Sense Solutions to Intersection Problem This course provides participants with 1) a basic understanding of intersection safety issues, 2) “How to” information for common safety tasks and low cost safety improvements that do not require an engineer, and 3) background information on safety tasks that DO require an engineer. This workshop also outlines areas where non-engineers can assist traffic engineers in the safety process, and help them to understand when an engineer needs to be consulted to make a safety related change at an intersection. This workshop is only intended to address existing roads; proposed roads are not considered because it is assumed that an engineer will be involved in design and planning of those. This program is not intended to make traffic engineers out of the general public. Intended Audience: Individuals conducting engineering and traffic studies and those responsible for identifying safety problems and potential solutions including: law enforcement personnel, roadmasters, and street superintendents. Others who would benefit from this course include: elected officials, public works employees municipal managers. Engineers are welcome to attend, but the focus is on the non-engineer.
June 7, 2012 8:00 to 12:00 York City Waste Water Treatment Plant 1701 Blackridge Rd. York, PA 17405	Stormwater Facility Operation and Maintenance This course covers a variety of topics associated with the management and control of storm runoff as it relates to the establishment of local policies and ordinances, and the operation and maintenance of stormwater management facilities. The course provides an overview of the storm runoff process; a discussion of current regulatory requirements for new development as well as municipal storm sewer systems (MS4’s); identifies elements of sustainable stormwater management systems and how existing municipal regulations may create barriers to responsible stormwater management; and discusses operation and maintenance of stormwater facilities. Intended Audience: Individuals who are involved in establishing local stormwater policies, reviewing development plans, inspecting construction of stormwater facilities, and operation and maintenance of stormwater facilities, including: elected officials, planners, public works directors, engineers, and operations and maintenance personnel.
Additional LTAP Courses • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) • Asphalt Roads: Common Maintenance Problems • Bridge Maintenance & Inspection • Common Sense Solutions to Intersection Problems • Drainage: The Key to Roads that Last • Engineering & Traffic Studies • Equipment & Worker Safety • Geosynthetics • Managing Utility Cuts • Pavement Markings: Applications and Maintenance • Posting and Bonding of Local Roads • Principles of Paving • Project Estimating Using Mathematical Principles • Risk Management Strategies • Road Surface Management • Roadside Safety Features • Roadside Vegetation Control • Roadway Safety Improvement Program • Safe Driver • Stormwater Facility Operation and Maintenance • Traffic Calming • Traffic Signals: How to Study, Install and Maintain Them in Pennsylvania • Traffic Signs • Unpaved & Gravel Roads: Common Maintenance Practices • Winter Maintenance • Work Zone (Temporary) Traffic Control

Municipalities interested in requesting a training course, a road show or in hosting a training, please contact Joseph Marczyk at jmarczyk@ycpc.org.

To request technical assistance, please contact LTAP or call 1-800-FOR-LTAP.