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The City of Prineville's Transportation Department oversees a total of 113 lane miles of paved streets and approximately 7 lane miles of gravel streets and alleyways. The Transportation Division is also responsible for the City's storm water system. This system consists of 808 existing catch basins and thousands of feet of various types and sizes of pipe. With only two employees, the Transportation Department relies heavily on other Public Works employees to help maintain the City's street and storm water networks. Common Transportation Department duties and responsibilities are street sweeping, stop sign and street sign maintenance, asphalt paving and patching, street striping and crosswalk maintenance, gravel street and shoulder maintenance, weed control, sanding and snow removal, catch basin cleaning, bridge maintenance and street light maintenance. The Department is led by Scott Smith and overseen by Public Works Superintendent Jerry Brummer. |
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STREET DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To develop, operate and maintain the City of Prineville’s street system, consisting of approximately 40 miles of paved streets and 3 miles of unpaved streets and 4 bridges. The street department's major services include:
The Street Department is responsible for maintaining all City of Prineville streets including the Downtown area. The maintenance program includes a wide variety of responsibilities. Street Sweeping is conducted throughout the year and operations include removal of cinders, sweeping behind the curb and sidewalk as needed sweeping for Crook County, the State Highway Department and the Crook County School District. Snow removal and sanding are primary functions of the Street Department during winter months. Street repairs are completed as needed. Repairs include crack sealing, painting, and patching over potholes and utility cuts and around water valves and manholes. The Street Department also prepares the road surface and supervises the completion of street overlay projects. Street and traffic signs are repaired and replaces as needed. A regular cleaning schedule of all catch basins is followed each year. |
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Contact Information
387 NE Third Street | Prineville, OR 97754 | (541) 447-5627 | Fax (541) 447-5628 cityhall@cityofprineville.com |