Road Construction Schedule

Road Data

Winter Season FAQS

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Dwyer Park History

Cortland County Highway performs a large share of work in-house, including surveying, engineering road and bridge reconstruction, patching, signing, striping, ditching, cutting trees and brush, grading, roadside mowing, guide rail installation, stone crushing and screening.

Work by contract includes in-place recycling, paving, base stabilization, asphalt milling, trenched underdrain and all federally-funded road and bridge projects.

Cortland County Highway Department employs 63 full-time employees, which includes administrative, clerical, engineering, motor equipment operators, laborers, machinery shop, maintenance and repair shop, sign shop, and carpenter shop. Part-time employees and seasonal aides number 22.

A carpool consisting of 86 cars and pick-up trucks is maintained to supply agencies such as the Department of Social Services, Nursing Division, Probation Department, Landfill and Buildings and Grounds with vehicles for job-related duties.

The county highway engineering department prepares county road and bridge construction plan. They also provide information on right-of-way, mapping and negotiations with homeowners. Upon request, the department provides engineering advice and assistance to the fifteen town and three village highway departments within the county. The engineering department is charged with administering the locally administered Federal Aid Program for roads and bridges. The engineering department also inspects the highway facilities and maintains all engineering-related data and records such as road surface scores, culvert conditions, bridge records, right-of-way maps and deeds, roadside hazards, guide rail, road striping data and permits.

Businesses or residences requesting roadway access or driveway access onto a county highway must call the county highway department for an access approval.