Public Works

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Public Works provides the City of Santa Cruz with a variety of services, including engineering design, traffic engineering and maintenance, stormwater management, street maintenance, resource recovery management, waste reduction programs, wastewater system management, flood control, and parking control.

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Engineering provides engineering design services and construction supervision, city surveying, maintenance of maps and records, special assessment district administration, and all other basic engineering inspections and services.

Operations oversees essential field services, including street, sidewalk, and storm drain maintenance, as well as fleet and facilities maintenance. It also manages traffic systems, such as street markings, signs, streetlights, and signals.

Resource Recovery encompasses Resource Recovery Collection, which is responsible for refuse and recycling collection, street sweeping, and curbside recycling programs, as well as the Resource Recovery Facility, which processes recycled materials, handles household hazardous waste, and oversees the operation and maintenance of the landfill.

Transportation Engineering and Parking Services performs traffic engineering studies and projects, operates all downtown parking facilities, the wharf gate, and parking control.

Wastewater and Stormwater maintains and operates the Wastewater Treatment Facility and Wastewater and Stormwater Collections, which are responsible for operating and maintaining City wastewater pump station facilities, as well as all wastewater collection lines and manholes within the wastewater system.