The Porter County Board of Commissioners has established a proactive communications process during winter weather events when road conditions deteriorate because of snow and/or icing. This process has been developed and refined over the past few years to assure that consistent and correct information is disseminated on a timely basis, both internally to necessary department stakeholders as well as externally to school district leadership and the public.
Roads That Are Included In The Road Conditions Reports:
These road condition reports only apply to the roads maintained by the Porter County Highway Department. Porter County Highway Department is responsible for streets and roads in UNINCORPORATED Porter County. Unincorporated means outside the municipal boundaries of our cities and towns. State Roads and US Highways are also excluded as they are maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation. You can find more information about who maintains which roads at https://www.porterco.org/1380/Who-Maintains-Which-Roads
Road Conditions Updates Communications Process:
In order to prevent confusing or conflicting information being disseminated, ALL road condition updates are coordinated through a designated staff member in the Board of Commissioners’ office.
When the Highway Department deploys trucks, no matter the time of day or night, they will notify the Commissioners’ designee with a road conditions report along with the steps they are taking to address the conditions. For ongoing snow and/or ice events, the Highway Department will provide updates every two to three hours or as conditions require. Upon receiving the initial report or any updated information from the Highway Department, the Commissioners’ designee will provide the information to:
· The three Commissioners via text message;
· Internal Porter County government department heads and designees including, but not limited to, the Sheriff’s Department, Emergency Management Agency, Central Communications (E-911) via email;
· All Porter County School District Superintendents and their designees via email:
· To the public via the Porter County Government Facebook page. You can like or follow the Porter County Government Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/PorterCountyGovernment
