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.
A sanitation truck, snow removal equipment or public works vehicle are moveable barriers that can harden mass gatherings from vehicle terror attacks and other threats.
The Thomasville Police Department installed a Flock Safety system in 2022, crediting the technology for its ability to pinpoint and alert officers to the shooting
Mold, leaks and dripping sewage plague Bay City Department of Public Safety’s police and fire facilities
The 2017 Failure to Act economic study finds infrastructure investment gaps cost families $3,400 per year. Investing would cost 1/3 of that -- $3 per day.
The searchable nationwide water quality map has trends data from 1,400 sites spanning four decades. Find if constituents are up, down or possibly present.
What can municipalities and businesses do to improve safety as the opioid epidemic presses overdose and drug use incidents in public bathrooms?
The golden Trump toilets are just the beginning for the Artfinksters, a guerrilla art group
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.
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.
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 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.
