Thurston County, Washington

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Thurston County Washington

Public Works

Winter Storm Response

When inclement weather strikes, the Public Works department is prepared to respond and keep your county roads open.

County road and facility closure map

Road Conditions

For county road closures and updates, please check our Travel Impacts Page and Twitter. Additionally, please click on the links provided for up-to-date information on roads maintained by: 

For service Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM, complete the service request form or call (360) 867-2300.

For service after hours, contact Thurston 9-1-1 Communications (TCOMM) Dispatch at (360) 704-2740. 

Garbage & Recycling Facilities

Your property may be damaged during an emergency or storm event. Thurston County operates the Waste and Recovery Center (WARC) and drop-box facilities in Rochester and Rainier to help you clean up after the storm has passed. 

Not sure which items get picked up by your hauler? Click on the link for information on garbage pickup inside the City of Olympia. For more information on residential garbage pickup outside of the City of Olympia, visit Lemay Pacific Disposal online.

For service Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM, complete the service request form or contact us at (360) 867-2491.

For service after hours, contact Thurston 9-1-1 Communications (TCOMM) Dispatch at (360) 704-2740. 

Thurston County Parks & Trails

Our crews work diligently to clean up trees and debris. Let us know if you see a fallen tree or dangerous debris along a county trail or in a park.

For service Monday - Friday from 8 a.m.++-5 p.m., complete the service request form or contact us at (360) 867-2300.

For service after hours, contact Thurston 9-1-1 Communications (TCOMM) Dispatch at (360) 704-2740. 

County Water & Sewer Utilities

Crews from Thurston County Public Works ensure that water and sewer services are provided for the Boston Harbor, Tamoshan, Olympic View, and Grand Mound neighborhoods. You can get text alerts about service interruptions when you fill out this contact form.

Looking for information about other water or sewer utilities? Check these other agencies that may serve your area:

Call us directly to report a service interruption Monday - Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at (360) 867-2312 or complete a service request form.

For service after hours, contact (360) 490-1465.

Power Outages

If your power is out, please contact Puget Sound Energy (PSE) directly at 1-888-225-5773. You can also use PSE's online tools to report an outage online or view the outage map.

Plow Routes

Crews maintain a fleet of plows, anti-icing trucks, and graders in preparation for significant weather events, including snow, ice, and windstorms. 

Please note, during significant events, county arterial roads providing access to state highways and critical facilities such as hospitals and fire stations are cleared first, including Old Highway 99, Littlerock Road, Martin Way, Yelm Highway, and others. Secondary connecting roads are cleared next. 

After priority and secondary routes are cleared, crews address residential routes. Crews do not plow subdivisions or driveways. Click here for a text-based list of primary and secondary roads.

Snow & ice removal map

Helpful Links

Snow and Ice Frequently Asked Questions

County arterials providing access to state highways and critical facilities such as hospitals and fire stations are cleared first including Old Highway 99, Littlerock Road, Martin Way, Yelm Highway and others. Secondary connecting roads are cleared next. After priority and secondary routes are cleared, crews address residential routes. Crews do not plow subdivisions or driveways. Check the Snow & Ice Removal Map for details.

Yes. Certain locations, such as Michigan Hill Road, are subject to closure during hazardous conditions. You can always find out if a county road is closed by visiting the Travel Impacts Map.

​Yes. Crews often apply an anti-icing material made of salt brine on hills, curves and the intersections of high volume roadways. When roads are dry or damp, it prevents the buildup of ice and snow on the road surface. Unfortunately, it gets diluted on very wet roads and becomes ineffective in rain. As a result, it is only used in dry or damp conditions. Sanding and snowplows are used in all other locations and during all events.
Using anti-icing material is better than de-icer. It contains fewer chemicals, resulting in less impact on the environment and less vehicle corrosion. Use of anti-icers also reduces the amount of sand applied to roads.

​We rely on you and your neighbors to clear your driveways and subdivision roadways. However, pushing snow from private property on to public roadways is prohibited. It causes safety hazards for pedestrians, drivers and first responders.

​With more than 2,000 shoulder miles of county road to clear, we do not have the resources to remove snow piles left by plows along private drives. Although our snow plow operators do everything possible to minimize impacts to private driveways, snow piles are an inevitable byproduct of snow and ice removal.