Your Road District is involved in the following services:

• The maintenance and repairing of township roads, shoulders and drainage ditches.
• Installation and maintenance of storm drain systems throughout the township and villages with which the Road District has agreements.
• Mowing of all township right-of-ways where necessary.
• Maintain, repair, replace as well as inventory thousands of warning, informational and regulatory signs within the township and villages.
• Maintain street lighting at major intersections.
• Maintain, trim and remove trees and branches interfering with safe vehicle operation and the emergency removal of them during inclement weather.
• Have regulatory authority and issue permits for the installation of driveways, culverts, utility installations and overweight vehicles.
• Provide complete snow and ice operations on over 170 miles of township and village roads, operate an emergency operations center and service first responders during weather or related emergencies.
• Provide for recycling of numerous products, provide mulch and firewood as a free service to the residents of the township and villages with which the township has agreements.
• Sweep up loose gravel and debris on township roads, as well as the removal of dead animals.

The Cuba Township Road District is unique within the state of Illinois in that is has adopted the idea of regionalization of public works services and Intergovernmental Agreements and evolved into a governmental entity that has reduced the cost of road services throughout the greater Barrington area.

During spring, summer and fall months the road District maintains a full time storm drain crew installing both structures and storm pipe throughout the township and villages in a never-ending quest to eliminate standing water. During the 2010 construction season the road district installed over 7,000 feet of 12" storm drain together with dozens and dozens of structures. 2011 promises to be an even busier year.

The Road District now is doing more asphalt paving in-house in an attempt to reduce the use of outside contractors on smaller roads and reduce the costs of those roads. Because of our alternative revenue sources we have been able to purchase state of the art paving equipment and have the employees with a background in paving capable of operating it. In 2010 paving contractors were charging between $70 and $80 dollars a ton for asphalt. The Road District is able to buy the asphalt at less than $45 dollars a ton and utilize our own labor in installing it for an average cost of about $57 dollars per ton. A win-win situation for the taxpayer.