Russell County Public Works

The Landfill will be OPEN Sat., Dec. 24th.

All County offices will be CLOSED Mon., Dec. 26th for the Christmas Holiday.

The Highway Dept. and Landfill will be OPEN Fri., Dec. 30th.

The Landfill will be OPEN Sat. and Dec. 31st.

All County offices will be CLOSED Mon., Jan. 2nd. in observance of the New Year’s Holiday.

The County and has been forced to temporarily close the following roads until further notice.  As repairs are made and roads are re-opened we will update this list

• 4-Corners Rd from 176th east 1 mile to 177th closed to thru traffic. East low-water crossing will remain closed until repairs can be completed.
• 196th Street one mile from Stickney Rd. to Michaelis Rd. (Russell County)

Thank you for your patience..

Russell County Snow Removal

      Who’s First?

Notice!!! Due to damage on Bridge structures and Bridge decks on Major roadways from the use of salt-sand mix for ice treatment, Russell County will be treating Bridge decks with sand only.

After the sand is on Bridge decks, then salt-sand mix will still be used on all Blacktop roadways when needed.

Russell County adjusts its practices to deal differently with each storm and tries to return roads to near-normal driving conditions as soon as possible after a snowstorms end. Because Russell County doesn’t have enough workers or trucks to clear every road immediately after a snowstorm, the department has set priorities for which roads to clear first.
Priority 1:     Roads with the highest traffic volumes are cleared, or treated, first. These include major paved routes which receive continuous treatment throughout a storm.
Priority 2:     Lower-volume routes are cleared next. Traffic on these routes may be impeded until higher-volume routes are open and clear.
Even after all the roadway surfaces are as clear as possible, Russell County’s work is not done. Workers now must clean up the accumulation on shoulders, bridge edges and at interchanges. This work is usually completed during normal working hours.

Our goal is to return the “Priority 1” routes to wet or dry condition as soon as possible after the storm ends and to plow and treat the critical areas of all other routes as soon as possible after the storm ends.