The County Engineer is responsible for construction and maintenance of the Secondary Road System in Cherokee County.

The County Engineer is responsible for construction and maintenance of the Secondary Road System in Cherokee County. Cherokee County’s road system has 1,005 miles of roadway. This includes 218 miles of paved roads; 758 miles of gravel roads, and 29 miles of dirt roads. The system also includes 212 bridges and large culverts.

Engineering Duties include:

Design, construction, inspection and contract administration of Cherokee County Secondary Road system road and bridge projects,

Department operating budget and construction program development,

Department personnel administration,

Accounting functions for Secondary roads,

Response to petitions, requests, or concerns regarding roadway condition and drainage, temporary road closures, and obstructions in the right of way,

Assigning all rural addresses

Conduct Engineering studies including speed studies, road vacations, and traffic studies,

Subdivision roadway review and approval,

Entrance permit review and approval,

Permitting of utility or other work within the county road right of way,

Oversize/overweight vehicle permit issuance for county roads,

Section corner information, aerial photo information and bench mark information is available for public viewing,

Right-of-way information on Cherokee County roads and construction projects,

Mark right-of-way for new fence locations.

Maintenance Duties include:

Surface repairs and maintenance – this would include rocking the County’s gravel roads, patching paved roads, pothole repairs, shoulder rocking, mowing shoulders and brush cutting,

House and Farm entrance rocking within the County right-of-way,

County bridge and culvert repairs,

Ditch cleaning in order to allow proper drainage,

Entrance maintenance for existing driveways or extensions on existing entrances,

Snow removal on county roads,

Roadway sign installation and maintenance (911 signs are installed by the Engineers Office and paid for by the 911 office).