The Department of Transportation and Public Works provides County roads, bridges, and infrastructure maintenance and construction, Waste Management oversight, and land development infrastructure, plan review, and inspection. In all of its efforts, the Department seeks to safeguard the public, preserve the County’s capital investments and provide excellent customer service.

Use the MENU at the left of the page to easily navigate to any Transportation and Public Works Department Section.

• Correction to FY 2024-2025 SB1 Project List - FY 24-25 SB1 Project List Correction

• All Deviation Application Submittals will be submitted to and processed by the Building Department. - For more information regarding the Fire and Life Safety Ordinance (Chapter 15.30) see the Building Department.

• 07-26-21 Update – Shake Ridge Road – Highway 88 to Wandering Hills Road - As of July 26, 2021, the upper portion of Shake Ridge Road from Wandering Hills Road to State Route 88 is open to two-way traffic in its entirety. This portion of Shake Ridge Road had a 300 foot section of road approximately 1000 feet east of Wandering Hills Road that was constricted to one lane due to monitoring of past settlement of the westbound lane.

County personnel will continue to monitor this section for its stability. During monitoring activities, please be aware of temporary traffic control measures for the safety of County personnel. If settlement occurs, the County may revert to the one lane constriction that was in place since June 2020.

As a reminder, this portion of Shake Ridge Road has a 10 ton weight restriction.

• Effective 6-27-19, All Grading Application Submittals will be submitted to and processed by the Building Department.

• "Special Events" page -  where you can see upcoming special events in the county that may affect your travel on county roads

• Check out our new page "Current Public Works Projects" for information on all our projects for roads and bridge improvements!

• Application forms for Encroachments are now in Fillable PDF Form. It's easy! - Fill it out online, print and submit to our office.  See our Permit Applications & Forms page.

• Need sandbags? Click here for more information about the County Community Sandbag Program.

About Us

The Department has responsibility for the management of special road maintenance districts; the review of property development projects; divisions of property; modification or establishment of property lines; the acquisition and deposition of real property related to County public improvements; and the permitting for encroachments or other proposed construction in the road right-of-way on County-maintained roads.

The Department is administered by the Director of Transportation and Public Works. It is responsible for developing or managing the preparation of various master plans for future construction of County roads, drainage, and other transportation improvements.

The Department is responsible for issuing all transportation and encroachment permits.