Engineering Services

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How Does Engineering Services Serve the Community?

Engineering Services develops, maintains and manages Parkland County owned infrastructure such as roads, drainage and aggregate. The following working units are within Engineering Services, select to find out which each area does:

Drainage, Utility and Aggregate Resources

Drainage Services

Beaver Control and Dam Maintenance in County Maintained Lands
Bridge Maintenance, Inspection and Construction
Culvert Maintenance and Management
Drainage Ditch and Course Contouring and Maintenance
Manage and Maintain Engineered Storm Water Management Facilities.

Utility Services

3rd Party Utility Requests - Utility Line Assignment Application
Inspection of Utility Facilitys within County Managed Lands

Aggregate Resources

Management of the Aggregate Levy Bylaw 2018-01.
Obtaining and Maintaining Land for County Gravel Extration which are than used to supply County Projects including our winter sanding program.
Reclamation of County Lands

Asset Management

Monitors the life span all County Assets including Roads, Drainage Courses, Storm Water Facilities and Lagoons.

Land Management

Administer and deliver the required land agreements for implementation of the County's Capital Road Program
Manage the acquisition of diverse property interest requirements in support of capital infrastructure projects, economic diversification and other organizational needs.
Communicate with and maintain strong relationships with oil and gas infrastructure stakeholders to allow effective and efficient expanding infrastructure.
Review and administer the closing of undeveloped road allowances as permitted by the Municipal Government Act and Policy EN 009.
Manage active leases of closed road allowances.

Road Construction

Engineering Services looks after the Construction and Upgrading of County Roads. Currently there are over 2000 kms of developed roads and 680 kms of undeveloped roads within Parkland County.

Transit

Engineering Services oversees the newly implemented Transit Program.

Engineering Design Standards

The Engineering Design Standards outline the design and construction standards applicable to subdivision development activity within Parkland County.

If you would like to propose a variance to the Engineering Design Standards, please use our Variance to Engineering Design Standards Proposal form. Submit the completed form to lde@parklandcounty.com.

Traffic accommodation in a workzone

When activities such as roadway/bridge work, utilities work, or materials testing and surveying are performed on or adjacent to public roadways in Parkland County, those performing the work must make suitable provisions to safely accommodate the travelling public while protecting the safety of the workers.

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