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Primary Purpose of Department/Agency: The Hocking County Engineer's Office has the responsibility of all maintenance, repair, widening, resurfacing, reconstruction and construction of all roads and bridges on the 211-mile county highway system. This includes in part: 470 acres of pavement; 1,200 acres of road right-of-way, 296 bridges, thousands of feet of culvert, 422 miles of roadside ditches, and thousands of road signs and traffic control devises. The Hocking County Engineer is also the engineering advisor for all the Township Trustees for the maintenance, repair, widening, resurfacing, and reconstruction of their 398-mile Township road system. The bridges on Township roads are the responsibility of the County Engineer. The County Engineer's Drafting and Mapping Department updates property owner and road maps, assigns house numbers and checks survey and deeds for accuracy. Major Accomplishments During 2009: County crews replaced 8 major bridges on the following roads; Big Pine Road, Strous Lane, Shriner Street, Bremen Road, Laurel Run Road, O'Neal Road, Essex Road, and Dunlap Road. 24.25 miles of road were paved with hot mix. These included Big Pine, Harble Griffith, Saving Hollow, and Buena Vista Road (east). County crews placed new stone berms on 485 land miles of these newly paved roads. 26.68 miles of new centerline and 57.29 miles of edge line were painted. Our bridge crew installed 1,813 feet of various sizes of polyethylene and concrete pipe, while 1,227 feet of culvert pipe were installed by contract. A new salt storage facility was built by contract with prep work done by county crew, which consists of two 60'x98.5' structures each with 3,000 ton capacity. Pure salt is stored in one, while a salt/grit mixture is stored in the other.
Key Statistical information for 2009 (If Available): Examples might be number of bridges built, roads repaved, cases tried in court, property tax bills processed, families counseled, and other related items. We are trying to help the average person understand what major functions Hocking County is involved with and how much work is done on and annual basis.
8 bridges replaced 24.25 miles of road paved 11,704 tons of stone used 2,985 tons of rock salt for ice/snow control purchased during the last winter season 5,346 tons of grits for ice/snow control purchased during the last winter season 6,824 feet of various size culvert purchased 731 cubic yards of concrete poured 633 miles of roadside mowing 161 new house numbers issued 91 new parcels 1,122 instruments of conveyance 158 surveys checked 2 revised subdivisions Future plans for Department/Agency: Continue our primary mission to do our best to continue to improve our County road and bridge system and to construct and maintain a network of arterial highways into and through Hocking County while also preserving the natural beauty Hocking County has to offer.
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