2025 TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN & NATIONAL TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITY INVENTORY UPDATE DRAFT FINAL
Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Northwest Regional Office - Bureau of Indian Affairs
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- The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is presented in four parts designed to communicate concise information pertaining to the Tribal Transportation Program’s National Tribal Transportation Facilities Inventory (TTP-NTTFI) and planning process. The parts are: The INTRODUCTION of the report is designed to educate the reader on the TTP inventory and planning process, the project scope of work, and the regulations governing the project deliverables and funding. Later in the section, we introduce the reader to the tribe in order to provide a background setting for the plan. The introduction includes information pertaining to the Tribe’s:
- History and Culture
- Regional Natural Characteristics
- Demographics and Socioeconomic Data
- Government and Community Services
- Transportation Related Information
PART ONE - EXISTING TTP INVENTORY describes what is currently defined in records available through RIFDS as the Tribe’s “Official” TTP inventory.
- PART TWO - RECOMMENDED TTP INVENTORY details the results of the current inventory update, the data collection process, and any relevant transportation network information. This section clearly identifies all components of the TTP inventory that were collected as part of this update. Current roadway conditions assessments and GIS driven transportation asset management system development provide the backbone to this part of the report. In addition, we will identify proposed facilities the Tribe is considering constructing to support future development and improvement of their transportation network.
- PART THREE – TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TTIP) is dedicated to presenting and supporting the future transportation facility development plans of the Tribe. Most importantly, this section presents the Tribal Prioritized Project List (TPPL) in text format, which details the future transportation improvements planned by the Tribe. Following the TPPL, Red Plains has generated conceptual engineer’s estimates detailing planning level construction costs for each project identified for future construction. Combining the written TPPL with the engineer’s cost estimates works to forecast the Tribe’s future TTP project plans in a fiscally responsible table detailing expenditures anticipated over the next three (3) to five (5) years. This table represents the deliverable sent to the Tribe’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Regional Office as the documented TTIP. The TTIP provides program specific information necessary to initiate future contracts as required by the program to utilize TTP funding.
- APPENDICES are provided at the end of the written document and referenced throughout the text. They provide supporting documentation, exhibits, and maps that support the plan and its findings.