King County Road Services - About the Road Services Division

The Road Services Division is responsible for maintaining, preserving, and improving the unincorporated King County road and bridge system for the safe and efficient movement of people, goods, and services, and quickly respond to storms, floods, and other emergencies.

The division strives to serve as a skilled, efficient, and innovative provider of quality roads in collaboration with unincorporated King County residents and all users of the unincorporated road system.

Road Services is responsible for all county-owned road and bridge infrastructure in the unincorporated areas of King County, and also provides services to several cities and other agencies by contract.

The adopted biennial budget for the years 2010 and 2011 includes a $171 million operating budget and a $262.4 million Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget. There are 559 employee positions authorized in the budget.

Safe and sound roadways

The Road Services Division is responsible for over 1,500 miles of paved roadway and 181 bridges in unincorporated areas of King County.

Besides providing safe roadways, King County Road Services strives for cost-efficient, high-quality service and environmentally responsible project design, maintenance and operation. All county roads get 24-hour emergency assistance, as do roads in some cities under contract with King County for selected services.

Using sophisticated data analysis, division staff members identify high-accident locations. They then design and install corrective safety improvements, such as traffic signals, signs and guardrails. King County Road Services maintains 116 traffic signals and 44,386 traffic signs. Staff also works with neighborhoods on traffic safety concerns.

Road Services is also committed to keeping King County roads litter-free. King County Adopt-A-Road Program volunteers from 268 groups have logged over 79,000 hours and cleaned up 484 miles of road.

How is Road Services governed?

Road Services is one of five divisions in the King County Department Transportation. The other divisions are the King County International Airport, Fleet Administration, the Marine Division and Metro Transit. The department director reports to the King County Executive, who is the elected executive officer of county government.

The Metropolitan King County Council, the legislative branch of county government, adopts laws, sets policies and holds final approval over the budget.

Information from the Road Services Division's website is available to people with disabilities in alternate formats upon request by calling 206-263-6482 or 711 for the TTY relay service.

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