Mission: Improving transportation to and within federal and tribal lands by providing technical services to the highway transportation community. This report only includes fiscal year (FY) 2013, FY 2014 and FY 2015, for updated 

information please visit: http://

www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/fed-landsiowa.aspxIf you have any questions please contact: Jacinda Russell, Access Program Manager 571-434-1543, Jacinda.Russell@dot.govProgramming Decision Committee (PDC) members: Jacinda Russell, Access Program Manager, Jacinda.Russell@dot.govMatt Chambers, State Representative matthew.chambers@dot.iowa.govTodd Kinney , Local Representative tkinney@clintoncounty-ia.gov

Iowa 

Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) 

Improving access to and within federal and tribal lands

MAP-21 Funding Authorized: FY 2013: $327,674 FY 2014: $330,136 FY 2016: $323,518 Federal land acreage for the five core FLMAs: 0.72% Federal public road miles: 157.1 Number of Federal public bridges: 13 Recreational visitation: 5,578,974 visitors per year 

Success story: The Neal Smith Trail Renovation project will resurface and widen one mile of the Neal Smith Trail beginning at the Riverview Park and heading north along the trail. The 10-foot wide section of trail south of Euclid Avenue needs to be widened. The work will consist of earthwork for widening the trail to a 12-foot width and placing a 2-inch asphalt overlay to improve the smoothness of the ride. The Neal Smith Trail provides access to the US Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) managed Saylorville Lake and Big Creek State Park to the north and downtown Des Moines to the south. The trail brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to Saylorville Lake each year. The 26 mile Neal Smith Trail, a National Recreation Trail, is considered the backbone of the 550 mile Central Iowa Trails system. In addition to flood control the 26,000 acre Saylorville Lake provides recreation opportunities, environmental stewardship and water supply. The benefits ascribed to trails are evident with this project– alternative transportation, recreation, safety, economic impact, connections with nature and health benefits will result from the renovation of this trail. 

Scenic View of the rivfrom the Neal Smith T
 FLAP—Iowa 

FLAP Project Selection Process

Each FLAP project was selected from a pool of applications submitted by the facility owner in response to a state-wide call for projects. The applications were screened, rated, and ranked using PDC approved rating criteria. The PDC unanimously agreed which projects met the established State program goals and conformed with the project ranking criteria contained in the “Call for Projects SOP”. Based upon these evaluations, the proposed projects were recommended for programming within the available funding for each state. Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) were coordinated and executed for each programmed project prior to obligation of FLAP funds. There was one call for projects, from July 1, 2013 until September 18, 2013, that generated 4 applications totaling $1,166,800 funds requested. Three of the four projects were programmed and utilized all of the available funds from FY13 and FY14 allocations. 

Project Name Improvement Type FLMA Accessed Federal Land's Unit Delivery 

Year 

Delivery A

Linking Bicycle Trails on the Great River Road 

Facilities for Pedestrians & Bicycles 

FWS FWS- Port Louisa 

National Wildlife Refuge 

TBD Louisa Coun

Neal Smith Trail Renovation 

Facilities for Pedestrians & Bicycles 

USACE USACE- Saylorville 

Lake 

TBD City of Des 

Pavement rehabilitation and traffic sign improvements 170th St. 

4R New Construction, Restoration & Rehabilitation 

USACE USACE- Mississippi 

River Project Lands 

TBD Clinton Cou

FLAP Program of Projects*

*This information is an overview of the FLAP projects information. It is subject to change at any time. For additional details or clarifications

Lands Highway Division offices or visit the State FLAP webpage.

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220K

328K

650

2013 2014 

Obligations A