Dennis E. Osipowicz,
County Engineer
The County Engineer is responsible for construction
and maintenance of the Secondary Road System in Lee County. Lee County’s road
system has 701 miles of roadway. This includes 127 miles of paved roads; 538
miles of gravel, 21 miles of seal coated roads and 15 miles of dirt roads.
The system also includes 160 bridges and 377 large culverts
The Lee County Engineer’s Office
is located at 933 Avenue H, Fort Madison. Office hours are Monday through
Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm. After hour emergencies may be reported to the
Sheriff’s office.
The maintenance division of
Secondary Roads is housed in three major shops. In remote areas of the County
we have three satellite shops that maintain certain areas.
Ambrosia Shop is located at 1945 300th Street, Montrose. It
houses employees and equipment used to maintain roads south of the Sullivan
Line.
Central Shop is at 2035 Highway 2, Donnellson.
The mechanics are at this location. Much of the road materials and supplies
are stored at this location. If a customer were to purchase corrugated metal
pipe through the County this is the location they would go to pick it up.
The West Point shop is at 616 4th Street, West Point. The
employees who work out of this shop are responsible for the maintenance of
the roads north of the Sullivan Line.
Engineering Duties
·
Design, construction, and inspection of Lee County
Secondary Road system road and bridge projects contract administration
·
Budgeting and program development
·
Personnel administration
·
Accounting functions
·
Response to petitions, requests, or concerns regarding
roadway drainage and traffic studies, including road vacations, temporary
road closures, speed studies, etc.
·
subdivision roadway design, approval
·
entrance permit review and approval
·
permitting of utility or other work within the county road
right of way
·
oversize/overweight vehicle permit issuance
·
section corner information, aerial photo information and
bench mark information is available for public viewing
·
right of way information on Lee County construction
projects
Maintenance Duties
· surface repairs and
maintenance – this would include rocking the County’s gravel roads, paving
the paved roads, pothole repairs, shoulder rocking,
· entrance rocking within
the County right of way, snow and ice control
· bridge and culvert
repairs
· ditch cleaning in order
to allow proper drainage
· entrance installations
for new driveways or extensions on existing entrances
· snow removal on county
roads and custom snow and ice control for small
towns
within Lee County
·
sign installation and maintenance
For more information contact
Lee County Engineers
Office
933 Avenue H
Fort Madison, Iowa 52627
Phone: 1-319- 372-2541
Fax: 1-319-372-8198
Lee
County Engineer
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