2025 report for roads department presented

YORK – In accordance with state law, the 2025 report for the county road department was presented to the York County Commissioners this week.

​Ashley Rasmussen made the presentation for the York County Roads Department.
She explained how five projects were completed last year, which included milling/overlay on Country Club Avenue between Road L and West Nobes Road; East 25th Street between the fairgrounds and Delaware Avenue; and Road G between the railroad tracks and Highway 34. The mill and overlay projects were mostly funded by ARPA Funds (federal COVID-relief money).
She also explained how there are 156 bridges in York County which meet the Federal Highway Administration’s definition of being 20 feet or more in length. In 2025, Norfolk Contracting was contracted for abutment bridge repair on a bridge on Road 12, between Roads H and I. Thirty-five bridges were inspected in 2025 – 31 were inspected by the York County Roads Department and our were contracted out.
In 2025, the York County Roads Department hauled 49,784.16 cubic yards of gravel and 10,024.67 cubic yards of rock on 410 miles of York County roads for a total of 59,808.83 cubic yards of surface improvement.
The county’s sign project was completed, which resulted in the replacement of all the stop/stop ahead signs in the county – numbering 1,134. The materials were paid for with state funds and the labor was done by county road employees.
Pavement marking took place on 18.25 miles of hard-surfaced roads in the county.
“Things are going well, we are getting good feedback and there is still money in our budget,” Rasmussen said. The 2025-26 roads budget is $4,694,730. As of Dec. 31, 2025, $2,392.916 was spent, leaving a remaining balance of $2,301,813.
Rasmussen noted how the roads department hasn’t been fully staffed for quite some time, “and it has been a difficult task hiring qualified employees with the rising cost of labor. Equipment and material costs continue to increase as well, making it more challenging. Overall, we are still doing a good job with the resources we have available to us.
“York County is made up over 1,048 miles of gravel, dirt, concrete and asphalt roads. We divided up the county into 12 patrol areas and each of those areas are staffed with an operator and a motorgrader. The goal for the future is to grow our dirt crew. In 2026, we would like to complete all of our one-year projects along with any road maintenance issues which need addressed. We faced multiple equipment issues in 2025 which challenged us to think outside the box so we could get the projects completed which we started. I am very proud of how our employees stepped up and came together to take on tasks and duties which they weren’t usually assigned to do. It was an all-hands-on-deck approach and they didn’t disappoint,” Rasmussen said.