Welcome

Joseph B. Kovach, P.E.,P.S.
Huron County Engineer

150 Jefferson Street
Norwalk, OH 44857
(voice)419-668-1997 (fax)419-668-8308
toll free 1-800-662-ENGR

****SUMMER HOURS****

Monday - Thursday    6 a.m.  -  4:30 p.m.

Friday    8 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Starting Monday, September 13th we will return to

Monday - Friday  7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

IN AN EMERGENCY, AFTER NORMAL OFFICE HOURS, PLEASE CALL

THE HURON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT: 419-668-6912

A Back to School message from Joe Kovach

With the end of summer, all of the workers at the Huron County Highway Depart wish you and yours a safe start to the school year. We'd like to remind motorists to watch for buses returning to the roadways filled with their precious cargo.

Unfortunately, across Ohio, in 2009, there were more than 90 traffic-related injuries in school zones near elementary and middle schools. In the past two years, Ohio’s school zones were also home to more than 800 crashes.

This doesn't have to happen in Huron County.

As part of the Huron County Engineer's Office on-going dedication to highway safety, many miles of new pavement have been installed, dozens of new signs have been installed at intersections and new pavement markings line our county's roadways.

Safe routes to school lead to fewer accidents.

While the folks in Washington hope students will choose to save fuel by walking or biking to school, the national statistics used, (from 1969) showing half of all students walked or bicycled to school, just aren't reasonable, or accurate, for Huron County's rural schools.

 In Huron County fewer than 10 percent of all school trips are made by walking or biking. Instead, more than half of our students arrive at school in private automobiles or school busses. That's why having safe roadways is so very important.

While walking and bicycling to school might be a low-cost alternative to bus service for in-town students, the County Engineer's Office understands, for our rural schools, there's no substitute for a safe ride to school. And, when it rains, or once winter sets in, there is simply nothing better than a safe, warm ride to school.

As school districts across the county feel the strain on school budgets, in Huron County, every effort is being made to make any trip to and from school as safe and efficient as possible. New bridges, new paving, bright signs and pavement markings are all part of our commitment to your student's safe route to school. 

Here's a wish from all of us at the County Engineer's Office:

Get off to a safe start ........

And enjoy the new school year.

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