Roads and Bridges
Maintenance of Josephine County roads is the responsibility of the Roads and Bridges workgroup section of Public Works.
Our responsibilities span 570 miles of county right-of-ways, 200 bridges/structures and numerous easements. Work includes: road and shoulder repair and rehabilitation, drainage maintenance and enhancement, maintenance of bridges and road facilities, construction and maintenance of bike and pedestrian walkways, roadside vegetation control and litter control, construction of new county roads and bridges, ice control, snow removal, street sweeping, installation and maintenance of 8,600 traffic signs, street striping, and pavement marking.
Roads and Bridges responds to all types of weather related disasters and emergencies around the clock. When fully staffed, there are 37 full time positions including: four(4) Managers, one (1) Traffic Control Coordinator, one (1) Vegetation Control Coordinator, twenty nine (29) Road Workers and one (1) Department Specialist. That's an equivalent of 19.65 miles of road and 4 bridges maintained per Road Worker.
We work together with Engineering to prioritize, plan and construct small sections of roadways, intersections, and drainage improvement projects to improve the safety of our existing roadways.
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