Public Works
Notices to Contractors
- None at this time
Construction projects for the Engineering Division and Facility Design & Construction may be viewed, purchased and bid on at Springfield Blue Print's online plan room and at Engineers Reprographics.
Fast Facts...
The Public Works Department:- employs about 350 people in seven divisions: Administration, Traffic Engineering, Clean Water Services, Solid Waste Management, Engineering, Storm Water Services, and Operations (Municipal Facilities, the Service Center, Streets, and Trees & Grounds).
- has an annual budget of about $50 million, or 19% of the General Fund budget
- Annually operates and maintains 135 traffic control signals, repairs over 37,000 traffic signs, and stripes nearly 600 lane miles
- Maintains 54 publicly-owned City buildings
- Coordinates snow removal on 530 lane miles of high-priority emergency routes
Public Works is responsible for street design, construction and maintenance. It has also partnered with the Missouri Department of Transportation to implement a cooperative computerized traffic signal system to improve Springfield's street capacity. Through the Solid Waste Division, the department manages solid waste and recycling efforts, operates the City landfill, the Household Chemical Collection Center, the recycling drop-off sites, and a Yard Waste Collection and Composting Center.
Services to the Community
- Designs, builds, and maintains city streets and sidewalks
- Maintains public right-of-way and Hazelwood Cemetery
- Manages solid waste disposal system, a yardwaste recycling center, a sanitary landfill, recycling drop-off sites, and the Household Chemical Collection Center
- Operates two wastewater treatment plants
- Maps, cleans, and repairs nearly 950 miles of sewer lines
Mission Statement
Public Works is committed to working with the community to advance and continuously improve the citizens of Springfield quality of life by being a leader in the development of solutions that both meets the needs of the community and places the welfare and safety of the public above all other considerations.
