Colerain Township, Ohio

Public Works

Attention Residents!

Please specify that you live in Colerain Township when renewing your license plates! Colerain's taxing district number is 3166. If you list Cincinnati under residency, the tax money collected will go to Cincinnati not Colerain Township! This money is used to repair and maintain our roads here in the Township.

2007

Road Improvements

Follow the link above to see a listing of the 2007 road improvement projects

Yard Stakes

Have you ever wondered what the wooden yard stakes with colored flags tied to them stand for? Their meaning and purpose depends on the color of the flag. See the color chart below to find out what utility the stakes generally represent.

Flag Color	Meaning
Red	Electric
Yellow	Gas
Orange	Telephone or Cable
Blue	Water
Green	Sewer
White	Proposed Excavation
Pink	Survey

Call Before You Dig!

1-800-362-2764

Please call two days prior to any digging that will be done in your yard to have all of your utilities marked off, free of charge!

New Facility

The Public Works Department has a new building located at 4160 Springdale Road behind the Government Complex. The building allows the Department to progress with the demands of the growing community. The field in front of the building was be re-graded and leveled out to accommodate an additional soccer field, for a total of two fields.

What we do:

•	Colerain Township Public Works Department maintains 461 roads totaling 105.82 miles.
•	Staffed with 14 full-time employees and 9 part-time/seasonal and co-op student employees (the number will vary by season and availability)
•	Provide engineering services
•	Apply for outside funding
•	Process right-of-way permits
•	Annual highway report
•	Subdivision review, bonds and inspection
•	Oversee safety, OHSHA requirements, and training
•	Use Micro-Paver (a Computerized Pavement Management Program)
•	Notify affected residents prior to the beginning of major Township road work
•	Assemble specifications, award contracts, and oversee the preparation of projects
•	Provide snow and ice removal on Township streets and the dedicated, yet unaccepted, streets per Board of Trustee direction
•	Install sidewalk ramps in accordance to ADA
•	Sweep Township streets as needed
•	Cut down and remove trees from within the right-of-way at the request of the property owner or as needed
•	Check, clean and trim back trees and overgrowth on all streets and at dead end streets
•	Field inspect all bridges on Township maintained streets
•	Assist citizens with complaints such as: Poor sidewalk conditions Basketball backboards within the right-of-way Road obstruction removal Pothole repair Directing to the proper agency that can assist them with their problem or question
•	Storm Sewers Maintain Township storm sewer systems Check all Township maintained inlets and clean at least once a year, additional times as warranted List and schedule repairs as needed Maintain the storm sewer inventory Film storm sewer interiors and make evaluations, list potential problems and make needed repairs Film storm sewer interiors on new streets where a question or problem exists
•	Street Signs Maintain over 7300 street signs with continual maintenance checks Maintain the computerized inventory Design the layout for sign erection on streets per the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devises Maintain revisions for the Ohio Manual of Traffic Control Uniform Devises Manual Recycle street signs such as: Stop signs, No Parking, fire signs, speed signs, No Outlet, and 4-Way signs by replacing the sign face on old signs
•	Pavement Markings Maintain the pavement-marking program utilizing thermoplastic for 13 cross walks, 6 school zones, 6 centerlines and 12 double centerlines on 25 streets
•	Involvement in: MSD projects Cincinnati Water Works projects Fiberoptics (Cable) projects Cincinnati Bell Telephone Projects Cincinnati Electric Co. Cincinnati Gas Co.