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281.275.2450
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- Email Public Works
- TEL: 281.275.2450
- FAX: 281.275.2465
- Address:
111 Gillingham Lane
Sugar Land, TX 77478
The Public Works Department is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the City's public streets; traffic control devices; sidewalks and bridges; drainage system; capital improvement projects and solid waste and recycling.
|| Public Works News & Events ||
Trash and Recycling Service Announced for Christmas
Posted on 12/8/2009
Garbage and recycling pickup service in Sugar Land will not occur on Friday, Dec. 25 in observance of Christmas Day. Friday’s regularly scheduled pickup will roll to Saturday, Dec. 26.
Sugar Land Hosts Annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program
Posted on 12/8/2009
The City of Sugar Land and Keep Sugar Land Beautiful are sponsoring the annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program. Residents are encouraged to recycle their trees.
Services
Street Drainage
- Drainage Operations - The Street/Drainage Division is responsible for the inspection and maintenance of storm sewer lines and open ditches.
- Mosquito Control - Applications of both larvicide and spraying for the most efficient mosquito control resolution.
- Mosquito Spraying Schedule - During mosquito season, the City receives weekly sprayings on Fridays.
- Rights-of-way Mowing - Rough cut mowing is done 13 times throughout the year and groom cut mowing is done on an as needed basis.
- Sidewalk Maintenance - Through citizens' requests and annual inspections, sidewalk failures are identified and prioritized for repair or replacement.
- Street Maintenance - Through citizens' requests and annual inspection, asphalt and concrete failures are identified and prioritized for repair or replacement.
- Street Sweeping - The primary objective of the program is to provide routine sweeping and cleaning of high traffic areas throughout the City where accumulations of debris occur.
Traffic Management
- Street Lights - Staff performs monthly inspections for streetlights, which have missing globes or are burning during daylight hours. Staff also performs quarterly inspections of all street lights throughout the City, reporting non-working street lights to Reliant Energy/HL&P.
- Traffic Operations - Traffic Operations identifies needed traffic improvements throughout the City and coordinates the design and the construction of these projects.
- Emergency Field Response - Staff is on-call at all times to ensure prompt field responses and solutions to traffic problems.
- Traffic Daily Operations - Staff continually monitors the condition and operation of both City and TxDOT traffic signals through frequent field inspections, monitoring via the Traffic Management System workstation, and communications with the Police Department.
- Traffic Flow Cameras - To help keep Sugar Land motorists moving and enable the City to respond quickly to traffic-related incidents, traffic-management cameras have been installed.
- Rapid Response - When emergency road closures are needed, rapid response is critical both for public safety and to minimize traffic congestion and delays.
Programs
Capital Improvement Program
- Capital Improvements - This division coordinates the development of the annual five-year Capital Improvements Program and oversees the implementation of carryover and new projects.
- 2006-2010 CIP Program Total Summary
Rights-Of-Way
- Tree Trimming Program - There are now two standards that apply to tree trimming requirements. The first pertains to trees along residential streets. The second applies to all other streets.
- ROW Application - Work/use permit application
