Public Works & Infrastructure
Public Works & infrastructure are essential components of local and state government responsibilities. They involve the construction, maintenance, and management of vital public facilities and services such as roads, bridges, water supply, and waste management. Effective infrastructure planning ensures communities have the necessary resources for economic growth and quality of life. This directory provides articles on public works and infrastructure and related topics like Transportation, which explores the development of efficient systems for moving people and goods.
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The National League of Cities (NLC) is dedicated to helping city leaders build better communities. Working in partnership with the 49 state municipal leagues, NLC serves as a resource to and an advocate for the more than 19,000 cities, villages and towns it represents.
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The National Science Foundation’s Civil Infrastructure Systems grants encourage research and development for all civic infrastructure.
The city of Fort Collins, Colorado, competed and won a prestigious Department of Commerce Baldridge Performance Excellence award, here’s why.
The Icelandic town Ísafjörður painted a 3-D optical illusion, creating a ‘floating’ crosswalk as a speed bump alternative.
In areas where major snowfall occurs, local governments have expanded their winter budgets to provide more plows and preventative maintenance to residents.
The new gators utility vehicles available in January 2018 are for all terrains. They offer sealed cabs, three-wide seating and more than 90 attachments.
Australia is set to construct a tire recycling plant in Perth that will address tires laying in wastelands and dumps the world over.
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz is asking for greater transparency in island rebuilding contracts and demands public documents.
Despite limited managerial experience, millennial mayors warrant examination for their skills and accomplishments.
A new fiscal budget takes aim at transportation costs, including a reduction in the state’s car tax, and decreased funding for its clean air programs.
A four-way partnership between Colorado entities will provide grant funds to companies looking to bolster alternative fuel fleets and infrastructure.
Residents and lawmakers are questioning whether a series of simultaneous electric equipment fires in Sonoma County were the result of PG&E’s negligence.
After the Army Corps of Engineers deemed the Whittier Narrows Dam unsafe, cities downstream must begin flood planning.
The Walgreens Boots Alliance announced 1,500 new safe disposal sites to address the opioid crisis in hard hit communities. Access the locator
Are connected roads the answer to the country’s infrastructure problem? With integrated technology, these smart streets may be able to pay for themselves.
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said she now knows relief is not going to get to everybody “in time” after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
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