No, we do not require a driveway permit. However, we do have a process that we follow.

1. We need you to mark the desired width in WHITE spray paint or WHITE flags (20, 30, or 40 ft)

2. Call the office (423) 346-6661 to confirm that step 1 is complete. We will log your information and a work order will then be created. The foreman will be notified to inspect the ditch-line for what size culvert you will need.

3. We will call you back with the specified length and diameter of metal pipe needed for installation. The first purchase of CMP (metal) pipe will need to be purchased by the landowner.

4. If the pipe(s) are purchased at the following stores, we will pick the pipe(s) up and bring them out to the address for install.

   • ACE Hardware (423) 346-2380

   • CO-OP (423) 346-6699

   • Morgan Co. Pro. Hardware (423) 346-3773

[a connecting band is required if more than 20ft is purchased]

Call the office so we can get a work order started for the issue.

This will allow us to have documentation of the issue for us to track.

Call our office to report any road name sign that is missing. Our department can install all county road name signs. If there is a private road name that is off of our right of way we can not install it.

As long as it’s on a county road ROW then the Morgan County Highway Department will be the ones to mow the sides of the roadway. We have 4 seasonal employees that mow our ROW’s. Each of them has their designated areas to cover.

The right of ways vary per road. You can call the office to check or check out the road list that is posted.

Any new road coming onto the road list will require a minimum of a 40 ft. ROW.

We will only remove them if they are impeding the movement of traffic on our county roads.

There is a process that will involve the Road Committee, County Highway Superintendent, & County Commission. Please check out the Road Specifications sheet and the Road Petition on the Home page.

It could be a few years before a gravel road newly added to the road list is upgraded to tar n chip. It will not be turned into an asphalt road right after being turned over to county highway department to maintain.

No. There are State Highways that TDOT maintains. There are the County Roads that Morgan County Highway Department maintains. There are also 3 Cities in Morgan County; The City of Sunbright, The City of Wartburg, & The City of Oakdale which all have their own city roads to maintain. There are also private roads throughout the county that the residents that reside on those roads maintain.

No. T.C.A. § 54-7-202 generally prohibits the use of county highway department equipment or material for any purpose other than a county highway purpose. Work on private roads or for private purposes is
strictly forbidden. Neither can rock, crushed stone, or any other road material be sold or given away.

No, the addressing clerk is located at the Morgan County E-911. The office number is (423) 346-0911

Bus turn arounds are maintained by the Morgan County Schools Transportation Department. On occasion at their request our department will go out and help when needed as long as we are in the parameters of our R.O.W.

No, not all of them. The ones that have been added to the road list we can work on.

The Morgan County Highway Department only receives $0.0149 per each $100 of taxable property.

(I.E. if you pay $2000.00 in property taxes the Morgan County Highway Department gets $0.29 of that $2000.00 you paid.)

Morgan County Highway Department has no way of controlling this. Please contact your County Commissioners or Budget Committee.

Petroleum product taxes and state severance taxes from the entire state are chief sources of revenue for the county highway department. This is dispersed by the Department of Revenue once they have given TDOT their revenue. They then divide the remaining monies up between the 95 counties. They do this by square miles of the size of the county and population with in the county.

Salt is very corrosive not only to your vehicle, but also to the roads. Any imperfection to the road that the salt gets into such as a small crack will soon become a much larger problem in a very short amount of time.

Morgan County also has a very large area to cover with a very limited crew. To ensure damage to our tar n chip roads wouldn’t be effected with left over salt residue; we would have to stop operation to clean each chipper that contained salt before treating a tar n chip road.

This would slow our operations down and is impractical when looking at our best plan of attack for hazardous weather.