Courthouse Spotlight: Butler County Engineer’s Office

Maintaining roads in the interest of public safety is a priority as the Butler County Engineer’s Office strives to provide an efficient transportation system throughout the county.
     Butler County Engineer John Riherd supervises the engineer’s office and the Secondary Roads Department. He is assisted by engineers Tom Hoodjer, Dave Scanlan and Landon Cleary and office manager Susie Jacobs. In the Roads Department, Dave Becker serves as equipment superintendent and Nick Koenen as road maintenance superintendent. The entire team consists of 36 employees dedicated to keeping the county’s 962-mile road system in good repair.
     “Our main goal is public safety…” Scanlan said. “We look at general safety for roads, bridges and infrastructure.”
     Everything related to secondary roads–the gravel road system, pavements, maintenance, construction and inspection–is their domain.
 
Read more in the April 25 edition of the STAR or TRIBUNE.
 
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