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.
Mayor Justin Bibb’s “Residents First” program will overhaul 23 codes and allow the city to issue tickets, fines
In 2021 lawmakers agreed to spend $1.25 billion on two prisons, but rising labor and construction costs are devouring most of the funding
President Joe Biden met with officials and first responders in the aftermath of a wildfire that killed at least 115 people
Libraries can remove dust and other “cooties” from a library book with a DePulvera Book Cleaning machine.
While fewer than a dozen states have them, sudden glacier melt changes can turn formerly running water resources into a barren landscape of hoodoos.
State and local government leaders dealing with sea level rise want to know if resilience investment will be part of the Trump infrastructure bill.
The publicly owned utility provider EPB in Chattanooga, Tenn, and Mayor Andy Berke are being sued by a company that installed 4,600 LED streetlights.
A federal rollback of vehicle emissions and a revoke of climate change plans may not stop an army of mayors and their local partners from persisting.
The city of Albuquerque is financing $25M in solar panels through energy savings and federal bond credits. City buildings going solar will save taxpayers $20M over 30 years.
A $24M investment in artificial intelligence will help New York City manage 36 million or more 311 calls. The city chose the IBM supercomputer Watson.
Since 2010, emergency managers think more about coastal flooding and erosion. A new resource explores nature-based solutions from a civic perspective.
How cities, counties and towns can use agreements and alliances or merge governments and workforces to save money, improve services and better compete.
Sometimes citizens take matters into their own hands with a lingering blighted public parcel, depositing their point of view on city hall’s doorsteps.
MUFI will replace a blighted property with a cistern that reduces water and energy usage, and helps the city reduce runoff and CSOs.
Flint drinking water upgrades are now officially funded by EPA under the final bicameral legislation of the 144th Congress.
Puerto Rico has $70 billion in public debt. The Fed wants a 10 percent cut of its pension system, furlough measures and a stop of holiday bonuses.
Semarang, Java, Indonesia, seeks to stand its ground despite sea level rise and will work with coastal managers in Gold Coast, Australia, to prepare.
The infrastructure package is underway and moving in Washington and it could be shovel ready projects that are prioritized
Pruitt tells mayors on Capitol Hill that he’s pushing back on cutting Brownfields funding and supports water infrastructure funding and grants.
