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.
The city’s police chief calls the cameras in street lights ‘a game changer.’ Critics aren’t so sure, especially given that the program was introduced as a way to save energy and money instead of a way to collect data in public spaces.
Under the Transportation and Climate Initiative, transportation emissions are projected to decline by up to 25% from 2022 to 2032.
The project illustrates a rising industry trend of municipalities playing a greater role in funding repairs and upgrades to local infrastructure to meet the needs of their constituents and the local economy.
The funding will go toward installing a geothermal heat pump, which uses the naturally stable temperature in the ground to heat and cool buildings
The Texas Water Development Board will sell $800 million of municipal debt for projects like reservoirs, pipelines and desalination plants
Jersey City will receive a relief grant of over $1.2 million through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover repairs to a pipe damaged by Sandy
Analysts say the transmission project was conceived within an out-of-date “cost-of-service” and fossil fuel-based energy paradigm and it should not be built
Earlier this year, the city signed a consent decree with the EPA in federal court to improve its wastewater system
The double-wide roundabouts will be installed at Nicollet and Lyndale avenues, two of the busiest north-south thoroughfares in the city
Woodbine received a $30,000 federal grant to design a wastewater collection system that would be connected to the Regional wastewater treatment plant
Farm interests are opposing a federal water rule after a trade group concluded the rule “creates even more risk and uncertainty” for farmers
The plan to reduce wasteful spending in the Columbus public works department is evidently starting to pay dividends
Hamilton residents who endured frozen pipes and no water for days last winter will now be able to receive up to $1,000 in compensation from the city
MTA wants to spend $32B to repair aging system struggling to meet its record ridership
Pennsylvania plans to replace 58 bridges this year through public-private partnerships
Grants program aims to help small businesses update buildings
Last fall, the Seattle City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting residential and commercial garbage to contain food waste and compostable paper.
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