Local Transportation Institutional Project*

The Local Transportation Institutional Project promotes institutional interaction on matters related to the transportation of hazardous (primarily radioactive) materials. Coordinated through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Urban Energy & Transportation Corp. (UETC), the heart of the project is the Local Government Network comprising officials from jurisdictions along transportation corridors linking DOE sites. UETC began developing the Local Government Network through regional workshops with local and DOE officials. As the Network grew, UETC decided to publish a quarterly newsletter and later to hold national conferences every other year to maintain contact with former workshop participants. In the past year, UETC has expanded its network of local officials by adding local emergency planning committee chairmen and members of State municipal leagues to the newsletter mailing list. UETC also reaches more people by making information available via an electronic bulletin board and on the Internet. By expanding the Local Government Network, UETC has created an extensive data base of local officials interested and involved in hazardous materials transportation safety and incident response.