DEPARTMENT HEAD/MANAGER

• Kenneth R. "Randy" Cole, P.E., County Engineer

ON SITE KEY DEPARTMENT CONTACTS:

• Larry Hicks, Operations Superintendent
• John Slaughter, P.E., Land Development
• Scott Holladay, P.E., Federal Aid & Infrastructure Management
• Tom Grimes, P.E., Design and Traffic Signal Management

MAILING ADDRESS :
Highway Department
Ray Building 506 Highway 70
Columbiana, AL 35051

COUNTY SHOP/HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
505 Highway 70
Columbiana, AL 35051

TELEPHONE NUMBER: (205) 669-3880 FAX : (205) 669-3882

SERVICES:

LAND DEVELOPMENT

• Reviews Plats, Construction Plans, Site Plans, Access Permits. Administers Subdivision Regulations, and Flood Plain Regulations- Inspects all phases of subdivision construction.

FEDERAL AID & INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

• Manages Federal Aid design and construction road projects
• Manages Unimproved Road Program design & construction
• Review and approve utility permits
• Manages annual paving and resurfacing program

DESIGN

• Design and construction management of federal aid and county constructed bridge projects
• Manages design and construction of county funded projects which are not federal aid projects
• Manages FHWA & State Bridge Inspection Program
• Manages Highway Department's GIS program
• Maintains database of county maintained paved roads, dirt roads, subdivision roads, NBIS bridges, LT 20 bridges
• Manages signalized intersections and intersection geometry improvement projects

MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION:

• Maintain pavement, signs, striping, shoulders
• Mow roadsides, clean drainage ditches, apply herbicides
• Maintain, repair, and install drainage culverts
• Maintain guardrail, curb & gutter, storm drain inlets
• Maintain dirt roads
• Construct special road projects
• Construct shoulders and widen existing roads
• Grading of dirt roads, install drainage and base material as a part of unimproved road projects
• Install/replace drainage culverts on county road
• Construct bridges

COUNTY SHOP:

• Maintain all Highway Department vehicles and construction equipment
• Maintain vehicles for Sheriff’s Department, Building Inspections, Planning Department, County Manager’s Office, and all other County Commission funded agencies

OTHERS

• Provide engineering consulting services/construction services for other county departments
• Engineering/maintenance/construction assistance for cities and Shelby County Board of Education

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