INDIANA STATUTE GIVES FUNDS TO COUNTIES FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

At the present time, approximately 35 of 92 Indiana counties have highway engineers. There is no requirement in Indiana that highway departments have registered professional engineers on their staffs. To encourage the use of highway engineers by the counties, the state makes a contribution of $20,000 toward the salary of any county highway engineer in Indiana. This contribution, plus the savings which a competent engineer will be able to accomplish, makes it difficult to understand why most Indiana counties do not have engineers on their staffs. Washington County, which took advantage of this offer, completed more bridge work in one year with an engineer than had been done in the previous seven years, and also saved the county a substantial sum of money in the process.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article is reprinted from the May 1988 "Pothole Gazette", a Technology Transfer (T2) newsletter for local roads and streets from the School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
• Corporate Authors:

  TranSafety, Incorporated

  8136 Old Keene Mill Road, Suite B-101
  Springfield, VA  United States  22152
• Publication Date: 1988-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 6
• Serial:
  • TRANSAFETY REPORTER
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: TranSafety, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0884-612X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: County government; Highway engineers; Hiring policies; Laws; Savings
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fund allocations
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476839
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM