Facts & figures — 2006

Please note that the numbers listed below reflect a moment in time and are ever-changing.

Mission: To identify and implement roadway and other related transportation system solutions for the safe and efficient movement of goods, services and people to support a high quality of life in King County.

2007 Adopted Budget:

$75,585,015 Operating Budget
$61,869,000 Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Budget

Division Director: Linda Dougherty

General information
Total King County area, square miles	2,134
Square miles served in unincorporated King County	1,747
Population of King County	1,835,300
Population of unincorporated King County	367,070
Miles of paved roads managed	1,794.546
Miles of unpaved roads managed	54.2
Miles of contract roads managed	763
Bridges inventoried and inspected Entirely owned by King County (includes county Parks bridge) Jointly owned with other cities Owned by other cities/maintained by King County Bridges with load-limiting restriction Number of active bridge capital improvement projects	270 179 6 74 6 21 (4 seismic projects)
Responses to requests for service	6,007
Catch basins cleaned	5,227
Lane miles of road plowed/sanded	19,817
Linear feet of drainage ditch cleaned	80,355
Utility permits processed	1,847
Drainage projects completed	88
Traffic accident reports processed	2,935
Traffic control signs maintained	49,097
Traffic signals designed	18
Traffic signals and flashers maintained	201
Traffic counts performed	1,774
Traffic field investigations performed (citizen requests investigated)	691
Linear feet of guardrail installed	16,600
Linear feet of guardrail repaired/maintained	1,100
Traffic cameras installed	2
Road Improvement District inquiries	20
Road Improvement Districts created	0
Contract services to cities	Burien, Covington, Federal Way, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Maple Valley, Newcastle, Sammamish, SeaTac, Shoreline, Woodinville
As-needed services to cities/other counties	Auburn, Bellevue, Beaux Arts, Bothell, Enumclaw, Medina, Milton, Normandy Park, Renton, Seattle, Snoqualmie
Capital improvement projects under active design	41
Projects scheduled for construction in 2007	14
Customers served at Map and Records Center	3,964
Walk-in customers to Map and Records Center	1,485
Telephone inquiries processed by Map and Records Center	2,479
Road vacation applications processed	17
Archeological/historic project reviews	160
Environmental review for other agencies	128
Environmental reviews (SEPA/NEPA)	15
Local/state/federal permits applied for	32
Sensitive area mitigation sites monitored	43
Sensitive area, mitigation and biological assessment studies completed Stream survey Vegetation survey Culvert monitoring Beach elevation Mitigation site monitoring reports Amphibian survey Fish utilization	5 15 10 4 7 2 8

Employees: 597 (551 Full-time employees, 40 temporary employees, 6 TLT employees

Updated: Oct. 1, 2007