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http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/federal-aidessentials/stateresources.cfin The range of potential EFLHD delivered services includes: Planning/Feasibility Studies, Preliminary and Final Engineering Design, Federal Environmental Compliance, Construction Contract Advertisement, Construction Contract Administration, Construction Engineering & Inspection, and Federal Stewardship and Oversight. However, the lead agency designation and participating agencies' roles and responsibilities will be considered during both the initial application evaluation and the Memorandum of Agreement(MOA) development Phases. Decisions regarding lead and participating agency roles will be based on the type of project, project complexity, and how the work is proposed to be delivered. EFLHD will be responsible for Stewardship and Oversight of all programmed projects to assure compliance with federal requirements. If the applicant would like to request the option of EFLHD delivery, please contact Lewis Grimm, EFLHD Planning Team Leader at: Lewis.Grimm@dot.gov or at 703-404-6289. Requests for EFLHD delivery must be submitted no less than 30 days prior to the closing date of the Call for Projects period to allow time for the EFLHD independent government cost estimate for the provision of these requested services to be developed. Applications (minus the estimated project budget values)will still need to be submitted to EFLHD by the applicant prior to the closing date of the Call for Projects. NEW. Highway Safety Improvement Projects (HSIP) As provided in Title 23 U.S.C. 120(c); Certain types of HSIP projects can be funded at 100 percent. This applies to projects that may include the following: maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or pavement markings, shoulder and centerline rumble strips and stripes, traffic control signalization, traffic circles/roundabouts, safety rest areas, commuter carpooling and vanpooling, rail-highway crossing closure, or installation of traffic signs, traffic lights, guardrails, impact attenuators, concrete barrier end treatments, breakaway utility poles, or priority control systems for emergency vehicles or transit vehicles at signalized intersections. hllp://www.fhwa.dot.gov/federalaid/141125.cfm Eligibility of specific projects, strategies and activities generally are based on: • consistency with a State's Strategic Highway Safety Plan; • crash experience, crash potential, crash rate, or other data-supported means; • compliance with Title 23 requirements; and • State's strategic or performance based safety goals to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. Please coordinate up front with your State DOT HSIP Safety Manager(or similar title) or the FHWA Division Safety Engineer for eligibility approval of your project's scope. Include the signed Safety Approval form with your application(located on the website). Specific HSIP eligibility questions should be directed to the FHWA Division office in your State. A list of FHWA Division offices is available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/about/field.cfm. What if I have questions? You are welcome to contact any of the FLAP Programming Decisions Committee (PDC)members for your state with your questions using the contact information contained in the website. Additionally, questions about project eligibility or the EFLHD application process can be directed to Lewis Grimm or Richelle Ellis, FHWA/EFLHD (contact information shown below). Also please find on the website an EFLHD FAQ document, Scoring Criteria, State Goals for the program and EFLHD FLAP Tip Sheet with suggested factors to be considered for submitting a good application. We also invite you to view a brief presentation titled"EFL FLAP Informational Presentation" located on the FLAP website that may be helpful. Thank you for your interest in the FLAP program. We look forward to working with you in developing a multiyear program of projects for the period of FY2017-FY2020.