About Us

Survey Operations is a section of the Department of Transportation’s Office of Construction. There are five locations throughout the state that surveyors work from and where survey information is available. They are Central Surveys in the Newington Headquarters Building, District 1 in Rocky Hill, District 2 in Norwich, District 3 in New Haven, and District 4 in Thomaston. Surveying is comprised of boundary, geodetic, location/photogrammetry, and construction disciplines and are staffed by a cadre of Licensed Land Surveyors.

Survey Operations provide support for construction and design projects as well as providing mapping and surveying services for the Division of Rights of Way, Office of Maintenance, and the Bureaus of Policy & Planning and Public Transportation. The Department’s Survey Offices also maintain Right of Way mapping for the State’s highway boundaries, geodetic control points, and state and town line data, along with ancient highway and turnpike records.

Geodetic Control is available in every district and Central Surveys Office. Rights of Way maps are available in the town's survey district and in Central Surveys.

Geodetic Surveys - Responsible for overseeing all geodetic control and GPS Base Stations.

Location Surveys - Responsible for overseeing all location and traffic surveys, and all photogrammerty. All Consultant survey work is managed through this section.

Boundary/Right of Way Surveys - Responsible for the oversight and preparation of the State's highway boundary maps, Excess Property Release and Lease mapping.

Property Acquisition Mapping - Responsible for the oversight of all property acquisition mapping and project design/right of way coordination.