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
With a tornado bearing down on the small Missouri town of Sparta, the lone warning siren stayed silent because a downed tree kept the mayor from getting downtown to flip the switch that activates it.
Intense weather will overwhelm existing public and private infrastructure unless we adapt now and build more resilient communities.
The assistance comes through the federal government’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act.
The ReConnect Program grant is just one of many federal investments in rural broadband infrastructure that the federal government will be announcing this year.
Thirty years ago, the city of Santa Cruz, California, was nearly decimated by the Loma Prieta earthquake. It has since taken steps to make sure that never happens again.
Aging drainpipes are wreaking havoc on Anchorage’s roadways, causing dangerous, not to mention costly, sinkholes and flooding. City officials are hopeful that a stormwater utility will help them rebuild this vital infrastructure.
For the city, Hurricane Matthew served as a wake-up call for more routine, procedural storm preparations.
The latest research has shown that local governments may be ignoring the threats of human trafficking businesses that are right in front of them.
An integrated strategy includes cleaning up graffiti, prosecuting vandals, working with the community and decoding threats
Waterkeepers address estuaries as the first line of defense against devastating storms as they went before Congress to give testimony on re-authorization of the National Estuary Program under the Clean Water Act, along with several proposed funding bills.
Counties in five Gulf Coast states affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill can apply for eligible construction and property acquisition activities under the RESTORE Act.
Candidates address climate change policies like a carbon tax, soil amendments and the Green New Deal.
The city considers what to do with municipal building two after 12 people were killed in a mass shooting on May 31, 2019.
Ontario sued the Canadian federal government arguing the new carbon tax is overreach into provincial authority, but lost in the Court of Appeal.
Top issues include economic development, infrastructure and public health while parks and recreation and police department are important areas of focus for mayors in their 2019 state of cities speeches, according to the National League of Cities.
For more than 40 years, federal cost-share buyout programs in the U.S. have funded local hazard mitigation. Yet in the wake of recent disasters like Hurricane Harvey, impacted residents view voluntary home buyout programs as a means of personal recovery
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