A Platte County driveway entrance starts with Public Works

A new entrance onto a Platte County road is not just a gravel decision. Platte County’s road policies say a driveway construction permit must be obtained from Public Works before any temporary or permanent driveway entrance is built.

The same policy makes the landowner responsible for the labor, equipment, materials, and everyday maintenance of a new driveway entrance. Public Works uses the permit and site review to look at culvert size, location, sight distance, drainage, and the existing ditch line.

For a buyer planning a rural build, this should happen before the driveway is treated as a simple contractor line item. Ask whether the road is a county road, whether a culvert is needed, and how the entrance must handle drainage so it does not send water onto the roadway.