Road Maintenance

• Repairs and maintains 1,155 miles of roadways within unincorporated Placer County from Roseville to Tahoe.
• Provides roadside tree and vegetation control and emergency roadway hazard response.
• Repairs and maintains 125 bridges throughout Placer County.
• Maintains roadway signs, striping, and traffic signals.
• Provides snow removal for 235 miles of roadway in eastern Placer County, including North Lake Tahoe.
• Road Division has 88 employees located in six corporation yards.
• Corporation yards are located in Tahoe (Burton Creek and Cabin Creek), Colfax, Foresthill, Auburn and Lincoln.

Let Us Know

• Have a road problem?  Complete the Report a Concern form.

Snow removal

• Placer County has one othe largest Snow Removal Operations in the State of California.

Is My Road County Maintained?

• Not all roads are maintained by Placer County Road Maintenance
• Private roads, state highways and city streets/roads not county maintained
• Contact Placer County Road Maintenance to inquire abou the status of your roadway.

Streetlights

• Most Streetlights are maintained by the local electric utility service provider (PG&E, SMUD, or Liberty Energy.)
• There are two ways to report the streetlight outage:
  • Contact the appropriate service provider:
    • PG&E
    • SMUD
    • Liberty Energy
  • Report the problem to Public Works:
    • Call (530) 745-7565 or
    • Complete the Report a Concern form (pdf 397 Kb)

Need an encroachment Permit?

Americans with Disabilities Act Services on County roads

• Americans with Disabilities Act  (ADA) on County Roads Information

How to Contact Us