Local Highway TECH Assist Council

Local Highway TECH Assist Council, a U.S. State Government Council of Governments entity headquartered in Boise, Idaho, receives federal grant funding from the Federal Highway Administration to conduct transportation infrastructure planning and technical assistance work, operating as a grant recipient (44% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient on technology transfer and training initiatives sub-awarded by the Idaho Department of Transportation (56% of awards).

LHTAC's entire federal footprint concentrates with a single customer — the Federal Highway Administration, which accounts for 100% of both award count and combined potential value across nine awards tracked in the recent period. The vendor operates exclusively within the Bridge Investment Program (CFDA 20.264), a competitive discretionary grant program authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. LHTAC's recent prime grant work includes a $410,000 award dated March 19, 2026, for the 145th N Bridge Replacement Project, conducting study and feasibility analysis for a 1967-design bridge over the Snake River requiring structural improvements, wider lanes, expanded shoulders, and enhanced foundations; a $750,000 award also dated March 19, 2026, for the Naples Bridge Planning Analysis, delivering technical assessments, environmental impact evaluations, revenue forecasting, and funding mechanism identification; and an $830,000 award dated March 19, 2026, for the Lake Fork Bridge planning study, evaluating structural condition and developing recommendations for replacement or rehabilitation with roadway widening. All three prime grants carry completion dates between September 2027 and June 2028. In its sub-recipient role, LHTAC operates the Training and Technical Assistance (T2) Center under annual sub-awards from the Idaho Department of Transportation (September 2024 and September 2025) and delivered bridge preservation, maintenance, and project-bundling workshops under a December 2024 sub-award. Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in the near term. LHTAC's capability portfolio centers on local bridge infrastructure planning, feasibility analysis, environmental assessment, and transportation technical assistance delivery, with service scope limited to Idaho and customer relationships channeled entirely through FHWA and state-level transportation grantees.