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Wayne County Department of Public Services (DPS), Engineering Division

In short

Wayne County Department of Public Services (DPS), Engineering Division issues 1 permit we publish for Wayne County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
County Road Right-of-Way Construction Permitonly if it applies to youWayne County Department of Public Services (DPS), Engineering DivisionFees are calculated from Wayne County DPS Engineering's own Plan Review Cost Schedule, applied per project scope — driveway approaches, sidewalk work, utility installations or cuts, storm drain work, tree removal or trimming in the right-of-way, and road closures for events. Applicants submit a minimum of three plan sets plus the department's checklist, and the Permit Office calculates the fee from that schedule against the submitted plans.per project; the permit covers the specific right-of-way work described in the approved plan set2026-09-28

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

County Road Right-of-Way Construction Permit

A contractor performing work that touches a Wayne County-maintained road — a driveway approach, sidewalk work, a utility installation or cut, storm drain work, tree removal or trimming in the right-of-way, or a road closure for an event — needs a County Road Right-of-Way Construction Permit from Wayne County's Department of Public Services, Engineering Division. This is not a general building permit; it covers only work touching county road right-of-way, and general building and construction permits remain a city or township function throughout Wayne County. Fees are calculated from the department's own Plan Review Cost Schedule against the scope of the submitted project, and the application requires a minimum of three plan sets plus the department's checklist. Applications go to the Wayne County DPS Permit Office, 33809 Michigan Avenue, Wayne, MI 48184, (734) 858-2774.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Wayne County
Phone
(734) 858-2774

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Construction Permits — county road right-of-way permit processWayne County Department of Public Services, Engineering · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28

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