Build A Better Mousetrap
Every year the National LTAP Association solicits entries for the "Build a Better Mousetrap" Competition. The competition highlights innovative solutions to everyday problems local and tribal transportation workers face. Submissions range from the development of tools to modification of equipment and processes that increase safety, reduce cost and improve the efficiency and quality of transportation. Submissions fall into one of the following categories: Inspection and data collection, Asset management techniques, Maintenance tools and methods, or Facilities improvements.
Entry Booklets
- 2022 Entries and Winners
- 2021 Entries and Winners
- 2020 Entries and Winners
- 2019 Entries and Winners
- 2018 Entries and Winners
- 2015 Entries and Winners
- 2014 Entries and Winners
- 2013 Entries and Winners
- 2012 Entries and Winners
- 2011 Entries and Winners
- 2010 Entries and Winners
- 2009 Entries and Winners
How to Submit Your Ideas
State and regional LTAPs, including Nebraska, solicit region-wide submissions and select a winner that will represent the state at the national competition. Nebraska LTAP submits winners to the regional "You Show Us" competition awarded annually at the Local Roads Conference in Rapid City, SD. It is then forwarded on to the National LTAP Association "Build a Better Mousetrap" competition the following spring. Submit your innovation using the form below. If you need assistance from an LTAP employee to take pictures, please don't hesitate to ask. Entry Form and Instructions