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Roads & Bridges
Responsibilities
It is the job of the administration of the Public Works Department to coordinate activities in all of the districts. Those activities include, but are not limited to:
- Construction of roads
- Maintenance of 850 miles of county, forest service, and BLM roads
- Snow plowing of approximately 215 miles of road
The activities take place within a broad geographic area and are initiated out of five separate shop facilities. It is the responsibility of the administration to:
- Communicate with the public and the Board of County Commissioners
- Evaluate equipment and personnel use and needs of all the districts
- Make long-range plans
- Schedule training of personnel
Trails
Responsibilities
The Gunnison County Trails Commission advises and assists the Board of Commissioners and Planning Commission to protect, plan, develop, and manage trails in Gunnison County as a means of enabling alternative modes of transportation, minimizing disturbances to livestock movement and agricultural practices, providing necessary access to public lands and promoting the recreational economy of Gunnison County.
Other primary functions are to:
- Develop a County trails system
- Review development requests or land use changes that will impact trail access or use throughout the county
- Work cooperatively with the municipalities in Gunnison County, the State of Colorado, and federal agencies in the planning, preservation, financing, construction, maintenance, and management of new trails, existing trails, and trail access