Engineers Answers

Engineers Answers

The articles listed and linked below are written by County Engineers from across the state. Their purpose is to inform about the County Engineer's county road responsibilities.

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A former County Commissioner's view of the Role of a County Engineer.

100th Anniversary Washington State Association of County Engineers.

Why can't you just lower the speed limit to control those speeders?

Why do you need 60 feet of right-of-way?

Why did you have to cut those beautiful trees along the road?

How do I get a road closed and vacated?

How did you get that right-of-way, and just how much do you have?

Why don't you fix the speed limit to stop those speeders?

How do we get that bad curve fixed?

Can I put realty signs or advertising signs in the right-of-way?

How can I get a traffic signal put in at my intersection?

Why are you putting gravel down on our perfectly good asphalt road?

Why does it take so long to get a road fixed?

Why do I need those road permits?

Why do you let people dump garbage on my road?

Why are you replacing THAT bridge?

Why are you replacing that practically new truck?

So who owns that road anyway?

Will you put up a 'Children at Play' sign?

Are those pretty trees alongside the road really a safety problem?

What are you spraying along the county roads?

How do you decide to stripe a road?

When are you going to widen my road?

Who pays for county roads?

Why do we need private road standards?

Last updated - Oct 13, 2004

If you have questions about any of these articles, you may contact your local County Engineer, or Al King, P.E., at the County Road Administration Board in Olympia.