The Cherokee County Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance of stormwater systems, roadways, and bridges owned by Cherokee County.
South Carolina has more than 60,000 miles of public roads. The S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) maintains more than 41,000 miles of those roadways. Roads in Cherokee County are also maintained by Cherokee County, the City of Gaffney and the Town of Blacksburg.
Any work requests should be directed to the jurisdiction that oversees the road in question.
- Submit an SCDOT work order.
- Submit a Cherokee County work order.
- For information on submitting a City of Gaffney work order, click here.
- To contact the Town of Blacksburg for more information, click here.
Street Finder
Click here to use the SCDOT Street Finder. To use it, select a county from the dropdown list, then type the name of the road.
Traffic Calming
Visit our Traffic Calming page for more information.
Driveway Access Information
Anytime that you plan to encroach on a county, state, or city right-of-way, especially with a permanent structure, you must go through a process to ensure what you plan to place in the right-of-way is appropriate, can be properly maintained, and is safe for use.
If you are planning to need drive access to a county, state, or city-owned road due to building a structure or placing/moving a mobile home onto a parcel of land, the drive access permitting is the first step in the building process.
The first thing you will do is find out which agency owns the road you’d like to tie into.
If it is owned by SCDOT, you must process this application through the SCDOT Cherokee County Maintenance Department. (864)489-2844
If it is owned by City of Gaffney, you must process this application through City of Gaffney Public Works Department (864)487-8510
If it is owned by Cherokee County, you are in the right place, and you may follow the steps outlined here.
Driveway Access Permitting Steps
For tying into Cherokee County owned roadways, you will fill out the form below:
Liability Permit Driveway Access Cherokee County Form
Cherokee County’s Driveway Access Regulations, based on Chapter 13 Land Development Regulations Ordinance can be found below:
Cherokee County Driveway Access Regulations
For questions regarding this process, please give the Cherokee County Roads & Bridges manager a call or e-mail.
Jackie Wyatt
(864) 487-2536
[email protected]
GIS and Mapping Department
The Cherokee County Geographic Information Services (GIS) and Mapping Department is responsible for overseeing the right of ways, properties, and easements within Cherokee County. Click here for more information.
Forms
Liability Permit – PDF
Any person, company, agency or other entity engaging in activity that has potential for damaging county roads and right of ways must obtain a liability permit before engaging in said activity. Such activities shall be determined by resolution of the Cherokee County Council.
Right of Way Easement Form – PDF
If you have a private road that you wish to be made public and maintained by the county, you must fill out a Right of Way Easement Form.
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