Highway Department

Keith Berndt
County Engineer
County Engineer Bio

The County Highway, Planning, and Vector Control offices are collocated at the Cass County Highway Department Complex in West Fargo. The County Engineer is appointed by the County Commission to serve as the department head for these operations.

Vision: To be recognized as a premier county highway program in the Northern Plain States.

Mission: To provide and maintain an efficient, safe, environmentally sensitive, and cost effective county transportation system to effectively meet citizen's needs for personal mobility and movement of goods consistent with the importance of transportation.

The Cass County Highway Department is responsible for the efficient planning, design, construction, and maintenance of highways and bridges on the County highway system as well as bridges on the township system. Cass County has approximately 650 miles of County highways. There are about 300 bridges greater than 20 feet in length and many smaller drainage structures in Cass County.