The Transportation Operations Division is responsible for investigating and responding to citizen complaints and requests regarding all regulatory, warning, and street name signs on County roads and City of Rochester streets; fabrication and installation of traffic signs on County roads and City streets; installation of pavement markings on all County roads and select City streets and Town roads, which are reimbursed by the authorizing municipality; and maintenance work on approximately 1,480 lane miles (approximately 664 centerline miles) of County-owned highways, including 192 bridges (60 are co-maintained with other agencies such as New York State Department of Transportation and New York State Thruway Authority), 344 major culverts, and approximately 140 retaining walls.

This Division represents the Director of Transportation on the City of Rochester’s Traffic Control Board. Other Division responsibilities include the review and coordination of traffic features (signs and pavement markings) for all City of Rochester street projects.

This Division includes four (4) Sections:

• Traffic Investigations Section
• Sign Fabrication and Installation Section
• Pavement Markings Section
• Road and Bridge Maintenance Section

Traffic Investigations Section

The Traffic Investigations Section reviews, collects, and updates traffic information to ensure appropriate traffic control devices are in place on City streets and County roads. This includes investigating and responding to citizen complaints and requests regarding all regulatory, warning, parking, and street name signs on County roads and City streets.  This Section is also responsible for coordinating the review of City residential street improvement projects and processing all regulatory traffic control device changes on City streets and County roads.

Sign Fabrication and Installation Section

The Sign Fabrication and Installation Section manufactures, installs, and maintains all traffic signs on County roads and City streets, and for Towns, Villages and other County departments upon request. This includes approximately 85,000 signs, not including parking signs within the City. Through the County’s in-house Sign Shop, revenue is received for fabricating and installing signs for other County departments such as the Airport, County Clerk, County Legislature, Parks, County facilities, and also for Towns and Villages.

MCDOT is working on a multi-year Traffic Sign Retroreflectivity Program on County Roads and City Streets in order to comply with Federal sign standards mandated by the National Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD), in addition to the New York State Supplement to the MUTCD. 

The MUTCD has stringent requirements for traffic signs, including but not limited to letter sizes, retroreflectivity, and installation locations. Therefore, we have a multi-year capital program to upgrade regulatory, warning, and street name signs as necessary to maintain compliance with these requirements.

Pavement Markings Section

The Pavement Markings Section installs and maintains pavement markings required to maintain lane delineation, passing zones, stop bars, crosswalks, and railroad crossing symbols on County roads, City streets, and Town roads, as well as airport runways and taxiways. Pavement markings installed on City streets and Town roads are reimbursed by the authorizing municipality. Pavement markings typically need to be re-applied every one to six years depending on traffic volumes, condition of the road, and the materials used for the markings.

Road and Bridge Maintenance Section

The Highway and Bridge Maintenance Section improves the condition of county highways and bridges by constructing and maintaining a safe and efficient road and bridge network in order to move people and goods throughout the county. This Section maintains a safe and serviceable highway system and is responsible for day-to-day maintenance of the approximately 1,480 lane miles on the Monroe County Highway System; including 192 bridges (60 are co-maintained with other agencies such as New York State Department of Transportation and New York State Thruway Authority), 344 major culverts, and approximately 140 retaining walls. Major activities include drainage improvements, crack filling, pothole patching, spray patching, hot grader patching, shoulder improvements, headwall repairs, vegetation and debris cleaning at bridges and culverts, scupper cleaning, and other structural repair/maintenance activities.  This Section is also responsible for swinging the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge (IBOB) two times annually; on April 1 and November 1 of each year (or the closest business day).