County engineer appointment official:

The appointment of Paula Trigg as Lake County’s county engineer/director of transportation is official. Trigg, who has worked at the Lake County Division of Transportation since 2006, in August was appointed by the Lake County Board to replace longtime director Marty Buehler, who retired. She successfully completed the requirements and certifications needed to fill the position, making the appointment official, county officials reported Monday. Her selection followed a national search. Trigg had been the division’s director of planning and programming. She led the process for the county’s $527 million capital improvement plan that includes significant projects, such as the pending Rollins Road underpass near Route 83, and has worked with numerous other road widening projects with regional impact.