Field Services: Operation and maintenance of the County's public transportation infrastructure. 

Field Services is the largest of the four divisions, making up 80% of the department’s staff. Its Road and Bridge team manages and maintains roads, bike lanes, curbs, bridges, sidewalks, hand and guardrails; trims and maintains 59,000 street trees in medians and right of way, mows over 2,800 acres monthly along county rights of way, and landscapes or mows 300 medians in the county right of way.

Mowing

• Mowing Ordinance and Exceptions
• Mowing Exemption Email Request
  • email: contactcenter@scgov.net Provide: Name, Address, Contact Information, and the Reason for Exemption Request.

Its Traffic Operations team manages more than 47,000 road signs and markings, 273 signalized intersections, rapid flashing beacons for crosswalks, hawk signals, and The Legacy Trail crossings, all county school zones and 7,048 streetlights and special lighting districts. In 2024, the team maintained 2,405 lane miles of county roads and manages 137+ bridges. 

Transportation ADA Transition Plan