An agreement to extend nominal federal jurisdiction to more than 10 miles of roadway leading to the Tule River Indian Reservation could bring federal cash to bear to improve those roads.

The Tule River Tribe is seeking an agreement between the tribe, the county and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to add 11.2 miles of roadway into the BIA Indian Reservation Roads inventory system.

The plan will be considered during Tuesday’s meeting of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors in Visalia. If approved, the tribe will be eligible to use federal road improvement money — from a pool of $450 million in 2009 — to improve roads leading into the reservation.

The road segments under consideration are:

-- Reservation Road from Avenue 138 to Mile Post 8.2 — 8.2 miles.

-- Avenue 138 from Road 284 to Reservation Road — .5 miles.

-- West Scranton Avenue (Avenue 136) from Road 224 to Road 228 — .5 miles.

-- Road 284 from Highway 190 to Avenue 138 — .5 miles.

-- Deer Creek Road (Road 296) from Reservation Road to Mile Post 1.5 — 1.5 miles.

Reservation Road is a county-maintained road leading to the reservation — and Eagle Mountain Casino.

“With the high traffic volume on this roadway, current funding is not adequate to cover all the maintenance needs,” according to a staff report prepared for Tuesday’s meeting. “It is the intent of the tribe to work with the BIA in bringing together a more effective comprehensive road system that will allow for adequate maintenance by securing grants in addressing the IRR inventory system.”

Adding the road segments to the BIA inventory system does not change ownership, jurisdiction and maintenance responsibilities of the county, according to the staff report.

In other action, the board will consider an amendment to an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for law enforcement services at Success Lake Recreation Area, retroactive from April 1 through Sept. 30.

This is the third of five years identified in the original agreement, which covers one deputy and patrol vehicle.

Law enforcement services days shall be Thursday as needed, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays. Primary duties will include answering calls for service, routine patrol, response to emergency calls and investigation of crimes occurring in Corps recreation, administration and wildlife areas.

The county will bill the Corps no more than $45,828.