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Clallam County Road Department is headed by the County Engineer and is comprised of approximately 75 permanent employees with various responsibilities. The Road Department has several divisions which include:

  • Accounting Division responsible for payroll and department expenditures. The Road Department has its own accounting office. Each month, 50,000 accounting records are processed and entered into a "job cost" system. This "job cost" system allows the managers to know how much it costs to maintain a segment of road or a piece of equipment. All the detailed account coding gives us a good management tool and is required by the state. These detailed records not only help us better serve the taxpayer, but also allow us access to state and federal money for many of the projects done each year.
     
  • E.R&R. Division which manages maintenance facilities, equipment, vehicles, pits and quarries. The Equipment Rental and Revolving (ER&R) section of the Road Department is responsible for the purchase and maintenance of County vehicles and equipment. It maintains over 480 pieces of equipment worth about $6,650,000. The section purchases approximately $500,000 of replacement and new equipment annually. ER&R solicits bids and then purchases the equipment and materials used in construction and maintenance activities. It also produces and stores large quantities of gravel and rock products in ten gravel pits located across the County. ER&R operates like a business, selling or renting equipment, services, and supplies to other departments or government agencies. Many County departments depend on ER&R for purchasing and maintaining their vehicles.
     
  • Emergency Management Division to handle emergencies and disasters. During an emergency (such as an earthquake, flood, or forest fire), the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be put into action by the Emergency Services Coordinator. The Road Department, law enforcement agencies, fire districts, utilities, and elected officials will all send representatives to the courthouse to coordinate recovery efforts from the EOC. Its function is to coordinate the available resources, and to respond to public disasters and emergencies.
     
  • Engineering Division which designs roads, bridges, trails and reviews development proposals. The Engineering Division also provides transportation planning and has primary responsibility for development of the non-motorized Olympic Discovery Trail. One of the main functions of the Road Department's Engineering staff is to design and inspect the reconstruction of roads as provided for by the County's Annual Construction program. All roads are designed and built to meet current standards for safety, convenience, and load capacity. Roads constructed many years ago were not constructed for the amount of traffic currently experienced. With the aid of the survey crew and the right-of-way agent, the Engineering staff strives to design the reconstruction of each road to result in better traffic management. Attempts are made to reduce the disruption to neighboring landowners. Once a road design has been approved by the County Engineer and the County Commissioners, a contractor is hired through a bidding process. All phases of the road reconstruction are inspected by county personnel for contract and design compliance.
     
  • G.I.S. Division which is remapping the county geographic data base. The Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based system that stores and provides access to information about land features, including geographic location, size, type, condition, and other attributes of these features.
     
  • Road Maintenance shops are located in Sequim, Port Angeles, Forks and Clallam Bay.
     
  • The Public Works Division oversees solid waste and sewer systems. The Clallam Bay-Sekiu Sewer District was created in 1973 in response to a petition by local high school students for a pollution control system. As a result, two secondary treatment plants were put into operation and currently service approximately 250 accounts. The District is a self-sustaining entity, and its facilities have a current value of 9.7 million dollars. The District currently maintains two treatment plants, approximately 50,000 feet of collection system, and seven pumping stations. Also, two cathodic protection stations, five remote emergency generator sites and a water quality control laboratory are maintained. Clallam Bay Corrections Center now operates the two plants with help from one onsite county employee. Sewer operations are supervised from the courthouse, and an advisory board has been formed to assist in the decisions of the system. The County manages two solid waste transfer stations. They receive household waste and recyclable aluminum, newsprint, and glass

The Road Department also works in coordination with the Department of Community Development to review and approve drainage plans for residential and commercial building permits, subdivisions, large developments, and also for small land divisions in order to minimize the impacts of storm water runoff associated with these developments.

All new driveways accessing county roads must have their locations approved by the Road Department. Through a permit process, a proposed driveway site is inspected, and culvert, grade, backfill materials, and surface material requirements are determined.

Franchises are another area of responsibility. A franchise may be required when running sewer, water, telephone, telecable or electrical lines along a county right of way.

Contact the Road Department with questions or comments about the information on this page