Larimer road reports start with county maintenance

A pothole or washed-out culvert still has an owner. Not every road with a Larimer County address is county-maintained. A city street, private road, state highway, subdivision road, or federal forest road may belong to someone else, and that agency or owner needs the report.

Road and Bridge handles issues on county-maintained roads, bridges, and drainage structures. Once you know the road is theirs, the report route works best with a precise location, your direction of travel, and a plain description of what you saw. The more exact the spot, the faster a crew can find it.

There is a separate door for the dangerous stuff. An emergency hazard after hours or on a weekend goes to the Sheriff’s Dispatch or 911, not into a routine work-order queue that may not be read until Monday. A tree across the lane at night or a bridge that suddenly drops is not a wait-and-see situation.

First identify whether the road is county-maintained. Use the ordinary Road and Bridge form for a routine defect; use Sheriff’s Dispatch or 911 for an immediate hazard. The county page provides the maintained-road information and reporting route.