King County Road Services - 2006 Facts and figuresPlease note that the numbers listed below reflect a moment in time and are ever-changing. Mission: To identify and implement roadway and other related transportation system solutions for the safe and efficient movement of goods, services and people to support a high quality of life in King County. 2007 Adopted Budget:
- $75,585,015 Operating Budget
- $61,869,000 Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Budget
Division Director: Linda Dougherty
| General information |
| Total King County area, square miles |
2,134 |
| Square miles served in unincorporated King County |
1,747 |
| Population of King County |
1,835,300 |
| Population of unincorporated King County |
367,070 |
| Miles of paved roads managed |
1,794.546 |
| Miles of unpaved roads managed |
54.2 |
| Miles of contract roads managed |
763 |
Bridges inventoried and inspected
Entirely owned by King County (includes county Parks bridge)
Jointly owned with other cities
Owned by other cities/maintained by King County
Bridges with load-limiting restriction
Number of active bridge capital improvement projects
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270
179
6
74
6
21 (4 seismic projects)
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| Responses to requests for service |
6,007 |
| Catch basins cleaned |
5,227 |
| Lane miles of road plowed/sanded |
19,817 |
| Linear feet of drainage ditch cleaned |
80,355 |
| Utility permits processed |
1,847 |
| Drainage projects completed |
88 |
| Traffic accident reports processed |
2,935 |
| Traffic control signs maintained |
49,097 |
| Traffic signals designed |
18 |
| Traffic signals and flashers maintained |
201 |
| Traffic counts performed |
1,774 |
| Traffic field investigations performed (citizen requests investigated) |
691 |
| Linear feet of guardrail installed |
16,600 |
| Linear feet of guardrail repaired/maintained |
1,100 |
| Traffic cameras installed |
2 |
| Road Improvement District inquiries |
20 |
| Road Improvement Districts created |
0 |
| Contract services to cities |
Burien, Covington, Federal Way, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Maple Valley, Newcastle, Sammamish, SeaTac, Shoreline, Woodinville |
| As-needed services to cities/other counties |
Auburn, Bellevue, Beaux Arts, Bothell, Enumclaw, Medina, Milton, Normandy Park, Renton, Seattle, Snoqualmie |
| Capital improvement projects under active design |
41 |
| Projects scheduled for construction in 2007 |
14 |
| Customers served at Map and Records Center |
3,964 |
| Walk-in customers to Map and Records Center |
1,485 |
| Telephone inquiries processed by Map and Records Center |
2,479 |
| Road vacation applications processed |
17 |
| Archeological/historic project reviews |
160 |
| Environmental review for other agencies |
128 |
| Environmental reviews (SEPA/NEPA) |
15 |
| Local/state/federal permits applied for |
32 |
| Sensitive area mitigation sites monitored |
43 |
Sensitive area, mitigation and biological assessment studies completed
Stream survey
Vegetation survey
Culvert monitoring
Beach elevation
Mitigation site monitoring reports
Amphibian survey
Fish utilization |
5
15
10
4
7
2
8 | Employees: 597 (551 Full-time employees, 40 temporary employees, 6 TLT employees
Information from the Road Services Division's Web site is available to people with disabilities in alternate formats upon request by calling 206-263-6482 or 711 for the TTY relay service.  = External link
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