Public Works Department

General Information

The Department of Public Works consists of four divisions: Engineering; Transportation; Stormwater; and Vector Control, comprising of approximately eighty seven employees and an administrative office with a staff of four, including the Director. The mission of the department is to provide and maintain a safe, cost effective infrastructure for public transportation that enhances the quality of life in Lexington County.

The Department of Public Works is responsible for:

• Maintenance of 700± miles of County dirt roads
• Maintenance of 450± miles of County paved roads
• Design and inspection of County roadway projects
• Management of County owned construction projects
• Review of commercial and residential development plans
• Compliance with NPDES Storm Water permit requirements
• Floodplain Management
• Maintenance of 300± Stormwater Management facilities
• Acquisition of required right of way for County projects
• Encroachment permits
• Limiting the insects that transport disease pathogens

Quick Links to Forms

• Encroachment permit

• Road Index
• Stormwater 

Related Links

• Road Paving Priority List (Alphabetical)

• Approved Paving Plan Status
• SCDOT Doing Business (South Carolina Department of Transportation)
• F.E.M.A. (Federal Emergency Management)
• D.H.E.C (Stormwater)  (Department of Health and Environmental Control)
• E.P.A  (Environmental Protection Agency)
• F.H.W.A  (Federal Highway Administration)
• M.U.T.C.D  (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices)
• Lexington County Green Business Certification Program

• SCDOT ARMS MANUAL  (Access and Roadside Management Standards)