1. Request for Qualifications (RFQ), On-Call Geotechnical Engineering Services, 2021-2022

    A new Request for Qualifications has been added to the Contract Ads and Calls for Bid page. The proposals are due January 18, 2021 by 2:00 pm. The RFQs can be delivered to Lewis County Public Works (2025 NE Kresky Ave., Chehalis, WA, 98532 – c/o Geoff Soderquist)Proposals received after the response deadline will not be considered.Direct questions & inquiries regarding this RFP to:Geoff Soderquist, Assistant County EngineerPhone: 360.740.1175geoff.soderquist@lewiscountywa.govAccess the details and necessary documents here.


    Public Works - Dec. 21, 2020, 2:35 p.m.

  2. New Request for Proposals - A & E Professional Services for the Design & Engineering of Water Crossing Structures

    There has been a Request for Proposals added to the Contract Ads and Calls for Bid page. Please submit by mail or email a complete proposal packet to: Lewis County Public Works, Attn: Josh Metcalf, Director, 2025 NE Kresky Ave, Chehalis, WA, 98502 or Josh.Metcalf@lewiscountywa.gov no later than 1:00 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2022. Submittals will not be accepted after that time and date.Access the details and necessary documents here.


    Public Works - Nov. 3, 2022, 8:10 a.m.

  3. New Request for Proposals - Professional Services for Annual Wetland & Stream Services

    There has been a Request for Proposals added to the Contract Ads and Calls for Bid page. Please submit by mail or email a complete proposal packet to: Lewis County Public Works, Attn: Tim Fife, County Engineer, 2025 NE Kresky Ave, Chehalis, WA, 98502 or through email to Josh.Metcalf@lewiscountywa.gov no later than 1:00 p.m. on March 31, 2023. Submittals will not be accepted after that time and date.Access the details and necessary documents here.


    Public Works - March 2, 2023, 11:02 a.m.

  4. Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

    Commercial Vehicle Enforcement responsibilities include:Commercial enforcement throughout the county.Coordinating training on CDL issues and keeping records to comply with federal code reference Medical Cards and Driver Abstracts.Assisting the Road Maintenance Supervisors with Haz-Mat issues and any other issues that they need assistance with.Represents the Sheriff Office on the Code Enforcement committee. See here.Responding to public questions, issues and concerns.Helping with information regarding Specs for commercial vehicle bids.Coordinating information for Road Maintenance Supervisor regarding disaster recovery.


    Public Works - Jan. 3, 2011, 10:17 a.m.

  5. Invitation to Bid: Bishop Intersection Improvements Project

    Lewis County Public Works has announced a project for bidding, the Bishop Intersection Improvements Project. NOTE: Only contractors listed in Lewis County’s Small Works Roster for “Excavating, Grading & Road Construction” and meeting the qualifications of the 2008 Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, and APWA Supplement, are eligible to bid. Access the details and necessary documents, and get on the planholders list by clicking here. Read updated instructions on how to use the new site by clicking here.


    Public Works - Aug. 28, 2009, 2:37 p.m.

  6. Lewis County offers an online building inspection request process

    Lewis County Building Official and Fire Marshal Doyle Sanford in his office in Chehalis. CHEHALIS – Lewis County and many of its cities are experiencing boom time construction growth. Lewis County Lead Permit Technician Bradley Clark reports 7,672 construction inspections were completed in the county in 2022 and an average 669 inspections have been performed each month so far this year.The Lewis County Community Development Department continues to adopt ways to better serve the public, with the use of an online building inspection request platform which you can access by clicking the link: https://tinyurl.com/3j7yayr6Contractors and home owners who submit an …


    News Room - June 13, 2023, 4:13 p.m.

  7. Fire Marshal issues a total burn ban on unincorporated Lewis County

    CHEHALIS – Burn restrictions have been expanded for all of unincorporated Lewis County, effective immediately.Lewis County Fire Marshal Doyle Sanford said the expanded burn ban prohibits all outdoor burning, which includes recreational fires. Until modified by the Lewis County Commissioners or the Lewis County Fire Marshal, only liquid gas or propane camp stoves that do not use solid briquettes and have on/off controls are permitted. This decision was made due to the continued, and in some parts of unincorporated Lewis County, worsening dry season conditions.The Lewis County Fire Marshal, in coordination with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) …


    News Room - Aug. 14, 2023, 5:06 p.m.

  8. Collaboration in the face of Rapid Growth

    A group of local governments—the City of Chehalis, the Port of Chehalis, Twin Transit, and Lewis County—are collaborating to reckon with the rapid growth expected in south Chehalis and its adjacent urban growth area (UGA). Chehalis is projected to grow by over 13,000 people by 2045.The South Chehalis/UGA Design Project is a standing workgroup convened by these governments, with several other participants and partners, to address the infrastructure, development, land-use, and other needs of this growing area.“The south Chehalis UGA is booming,” notes Eric Eisenberg, the Lewis County staffer who first organized the group. “In twenty years, we want this …


    News Room - Nov. 14, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

  9. Disposal District Commissioners reschedule monthly meeting to today

    The Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal District No. 1 Commissioners have canceled their regularly scheduled July meeting, and rescheduled it to July 21 at 10:30 a.m. in the hearing room of the Lewis County Commissioners, second floor of the historic Lewis County Courthouse, 351 N.W. North St., Chehalis, WA 98532.Pursuant to RCW 36.58.100 et seq., the Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal District (LCSWDD) No. 1, a quasi-municipal corporation, was established by Ordinance 1124 (now LCC 8.15.150) in 1992, after Lewis County and all incorporated cities signed an interlocal agreement to form it. In addition to forming the district, the agreement …


    Solid Waste - July 8, 2025, 10:22 a.m.

  10. Addendum #1 - Request for Proposal (RFP) Professional Engineering Design - West Connector Phase I Improvements

    There has been an Addendum added to the Request for Proposal (RFP) Professional Engineering Design - West Connector Phase I Improvements Bid page. Please submit by mail a complete proposal packet to: Lewis County Public Works, Attn: Josh Metcalf, 2025 NE Kresky Ave, Chehalis, WA, 98502 or through email to Josh.Metcalf@lewiscountywa.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 15, 2023. Submittals will not be accepted after that time and date.Access the details and necessary documents, and get on the planholders list here.


    Public Works - May 2, 2023, 2:48 p.m.