GIS Program Manager, Kevin Lopes, will discuss Massachusetts DOT (MassDOT) efforts to collect data from local agencies, using GIS. The webinar will include a review of Chapter 90, Complete Streets, Municipal Small Bridge, and Safe Routes to School programs, which are all local aid grants for municipalities. These programs facilitate highway construction, preservation, and improvement projects in municipalities. They also require, however, complicated standalone application processes. To remove redundancy amongst the applications and provide users with a single point of entry, MassDOT developed the Local Aid Grant Workflow. Built on the same platform used to submit federal-aid projects, the Local Aid Grant Workflow allows MassDOT to apply the same location intelligence model to simplify and integrate the many applications.

Additionally, in order to receive the proper amount of Chapter 90 funding, MassDOT encourages municipalities to report the condition and status of their road network. The webinar will include review the Road Inventory Submission Application (RISA), also developed by MassDOT. RISA provides a web-based mapping interface for the municipal authorities to interactively add, update, and review its roadways in the Roads and Highways Database in a multi-user collaborative environment.

Featured speakers:

• Kevin Lopes, GIS Program Manager, Massachusetts DOT