Highway Department

Highway Superintendent
Fred Lavene
(518) 562-6881
Cell: (518) 726-6132
Fax: (518) 563-8136
fredl@townofplattsburgh.org
  Deputy Highway
Superintendent
James Woods
(518) 562-6880
Cell: (518) 726-6278
         
  Crew Supervisor
James Cutter
Cell: (518) 726-6282
     
         

The Town conducts year round maintenance on 91.60 miles of roadways.

Maintenance included is winter plowing and sanding, cleaning roads of sand and litter in the spring, cleaning and upgrading of drainage ditches and basins, patching and resurfacing of roads, repair and installation of new roadside signs.

The Town is responsible for winter maintenance on 15 miles of County Roads. They are Tom Miller Rd., Rand Hill Rd., Archie Bourdeau Rd. Irish Settlement Rd., Salmon River Rd., and The Commodore Thomas Macdonough Highway.


Parking Ban on Town Roads is in effect Nov. 1st to April 30th / 11:00pm to 6:00am


Highway Permits are needed for any and all work conducted within the Town’s Right of Way. (For most town roads this is twenty-five feet left and right from the centerline of the roadway) please contact this office for confirmation of right of way measurements on your road. There is a twenty-five dollar charge for a Highway Permit. (PDF Download)


Access Permits are required for all new driveways as well as extensions of existing driveways. There is no charge for this permit. (PDF Download)

Department Employees

Butch Hendrie
Equipment Operator #3

Dennis Seymour, Equipment Operator #2

Bernard Blair
Equipment Operator #3

James Holland
Equipment Operator #2

Gene Guynup
Equipment Operator #2

Jason Cook
MEO #3

Glenn Burdick
Equipment Operator #2

Bernard Guynup
Equipment Operator #2

Tom King
Equipment Operator #2

Bruce Barber
MEO Mechanic

Russell Heath
MEO Mechanic

TImmy Dubrey
MEO #2

Miton Labier
MEO #2