Public WorksDepartment

What does PWD do for our City?

Champaign Public Works Department

• Administrative Services

• Engineering

• Operations

DIVISIONS

Administrative Services Division• Customer Service• Parking Services• Parking Enforcement• Recycling• Municipal Electricity Aggregation Program• Mahomet Aquifer Coalition• Adopt-A-Highway• Honorary Street Name Designations• Public Information

Recycling• Environmental Sustainability• Feed The Thing• Electronics Recycling• Bike To Work Day

Parking• Parking Permits – for areas where parking is

limited (campus, downtown, and residential)

• Manages the Hill Street Parking Deck

• Parking Enforcement

FleetDefinition: “A group of vessels or vehicles owned and operated as a unit”

• Vehicle purchasing and maintenance– Police Cars– Fire Trucks– Public Works Trucks

• Fuel Purchasing for City vehicles

Engineering Division

• Environmental

• Development

• Transportation

SECTIONS

Engineering – Environmental Section• Inspect open drainage channels• Review and inspect sump pump outlets• Sanitary Sewer• Storm Sewer

Engineering – Development Section• Grading and Drainage Permits• Right-of-Way Permits• New Construction Plan Review

Engineering – Transportation Section• Bridges• Roads• Sidewalks

Kirby & Mattis

• Sanitary Sewer Televising• Sidewalk Repairs• Pothole Repairs• Street Sweeping• Snow Plowing• Emergency Flooding• Building Services• Tree Planting and Pruning• Traffic Signals, Signs and Lighting• Yard Waste Collection

Operations Division

THEN

NOW

Snow Removal

Street Sweeping

THEN

Street Sweeping

THEN

Street Sweeping

THEN

Street Sweeping

THEN

Street Sweeping

NOW

Traffic Signals

THEN

Traffic Signals & MoreNOW

• Street Lights• Stop Lights• Turn Lanes• Crosswalks• Pedestrian Signals

Types of Streets

Asphalt

Brick

Concrete

Under the City Streets

FloodingWhen City streets get flooded:

1. Operations workers will put up barricades to block off flooded streets

FloodingWhen City streets get flooded:

2. Engineering staff will perform studies to figure out how to make sure streets don’t flood again.• Boneyard Detention Basin• Healey Street Detention Basin• Preservation Pond (Robinson Court)

Internal MaintenanceBuilding Services Section • Serves ALL City Buildings –

Fire Department, Police Department, Public Works, and the City Building– Heating and Air Conditioning– Plumbing– Drywall– Small Construction Projects– Internal Mail Delivery

Have a question about a service the Public Works Department provides?

Review our services on our webpage:www.ci.champaign.il.us/pwd

orCall the Public Works Department

Customer Service staff:217.403.4700