James Hanley · Federal-Aid Project Administration · StanCOG

Workspace.

May 2026
Modesto, CA
District 10
Three working surfaces. The county delivery map, the LAPM for local-agency procedure, and the PDPM for the State highway side. Built to look at every project, find every citation, and have it ready when the question comes — at the front counter, in policy board, or in an interview.

Surfaces — three entry points

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Operating picture · Stanislaus County
Transportation Dashboard — every project, mapped
Construction, near-term, PA&ED, deferred, and CMAQ/STBG applications across all 11 member jurisdictions and Caltrans D10. RTP/SCS Appendix K reconciliation with cost-variance flags.
127 projects6 chartsLeaflet mapRTP varianceUpdated May 2026
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Federal-aid · Local Public Agency
LAPM 2026 — field study guide
Caltrans Local Assistance Procedures Manual, January 2026. Authorization through audit — E-76, PED, ICR, DBE, R/W Cert, FROE, IOAI. Deep chapters with citations plus applied exercises.
19 chapters200+ quiz items66 exercisesJan 2026 editionTrainer included
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State highway · Project development
PDPM Course — Project Development Procedures Manual
Caltrans procedural framework for State highway delivery — programming, route adoption, freeway agreements, encroachments, R/W, cooperative agreements. Civic Editorial visual treatment with localStorage progress.
31 chapters144 exercises3 partsMCT 12/13/2024Saved progress
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Where these connect — cross-surface threads

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Service-Mitchell IC
Dashboard ↔ LAPM Ch 4, 13
DDI abandoned Nov 2024, redesign with Dokken. Touches Master Agreement & PSA framework (LAPM Ch 4) and URA-compliant R/W (LAPM Ch 13). EA 10-1A690.
NCC Phase 1
Dashboard ↔ PDPM Ch 23, 24
Groundbreaking Oct 3 2025. Route adoption (PDPM Ch 23) and freeway agreements (PDPM Ch 24) are the State-side procedural backbone. $210.8M total.
CMAQ/STBG FFY 2027-2030
Dashboard ↔ LAPM Ch 3
71 applications, $90.7M competitive pool. Authorization & PED math (LAPM Ch 3) governs every successful application from E-76 forward.
Coop & encroachment
LAPM Ch 4 ↔ PDPM Ch 16, 17
Local-State boundary lives here. Cooperative agreements (PDPM Ch 16) for joint projects, encroachment permits and utility relocations (PDPM Ch 17) for work in State R/W.
EMFAC2021 freeze
Dashboard ↔ 2026 RTP/SCS
All conformity analyses begun after Nov 15, 2024 must use EMFAC2021. Type 5 RTP amendments adding capacity frozen until California SIP MVEB Update is EPA-approved.
Measure L baseline gap
Dashboard
2022 RTP assumed $38M/yr → $960M lifetime. Actuals run ~$60-64M/yr ($1.6B+ lifetime equivalent). ~$640M delta. 2026 RTP/SCS must re-baseline.

Quick reference — frequently cited

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PED · LAPM 3.3.7

Project End Date

Completion estimate + 12 months. Invoice window: PED + 120 days. Retroactive extensions don't cure gaps.

6-yr authority · Gov §16304

State budget authority

Appropriation begins July 1; lapses June 30 six years later. CWA in fall of 5th year. Max extension: 2 yr.

$250K · LAPM 3.4.1

De-allocation trigger

Decrease ≥ $250K requires Exhibit 3-H. 23 CFR 630.106(a)(4).

Single Audit · 2 CFR 200

$1M federal expended

Threshold raised from $750K effective FFY 2025. Subpart F applies.

FROE · LAPM 5.6, 17

6-month deadline

Final Report of Expenditures due 6 months after construction acceptance. Releases 2%/$40K withhold.

Major thresholds · LAPM 2.9

$100M / $500M

$100M = Mini-Major (IFP/FPAU). $500M = Major (PMP + IFP + FPAU + CSRA, FHWA HQ concurrence).

QBS · Brooks Act

40 USC 1101, 23 CFR 172

Price cannot be a selection factor until the most qualified firm is identified. Aggregated scoring violates.

DLA-OBs · Always check

Bulletins supersede LAPM

DLA Office Bulletins supersede the LAPM between annual publications. Cross-check before relying on any LAPM section.

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