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TLC Links Technical Assistance Program

The TLC Links provides NOACA technical support (subject to staff availability) for community-based transportation planning for small-scale traffic studies and improvements to system safety, efficiency and preservation, with priority given to the latter.

Eligibility

To be eligible for Links technical assistance, activities must:

  • be for transportation planning
  • be site-specific
  • result in deliverables that recommend transportation infrastructure improvements
  • be located in NOACA member communities
  • be sponsored by a community with the legal authority to sponsor a federal-aid capital improvement; a non-implementing governmental agency (which can document a partnership with an implementing agency to ensure the project can advance to compete for federal-aid capital funds) or a non-governmental organization (which can partner with a governmental implementing agency)
Funding Information
  • $118,000 has been budgeted for State Fiscal Year 2006.
  • Communities awarded Links Technical Assistance are required to provide a 20 percent local match.
  • Applicants will be required to enter into an agreement with NOACA to carry out the recommendations of the planning project.
  • Applicants will be required to enter into a NOACA Working to Improve the NOACA Region (WIN) Agreement.
Past TLC Studies

Past TLC studies include:
  • Chagrin Boulevard/Farnsleigh – Lomond Area Traffic Analysis (City of Shaker Heights)
  • Traffic Flow Improvement Study of US-42 and Reagan Parkway (City of Medina)
  • Safety Improvement Study for E. 39th Street/Elyria Avenue and E. 36th Street/Clifton Avenue Intersection (City of Lorain)
  • Traffic Impact Study for the Proposed Commons of Chardon Development
  • Left Turn Lanes Study for the Intersection of US-20 and SR-83 in North Ridgeville


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