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Engineering Department
Engineering performed surveying, design, construction estimates, materials testing, construction management, mapping, drawings and more in support of other City Departments and for certain capital projects.
The 2019 Annual Maintenance Project issued 47 Purchase Orders in the amount of $941K. Work orders were for parking, drainage, 86 sidewalk repairs, curb repairs pavement repairs and more. During 2019, this work also included upgrade of 31 ADA ramps. This is part of keeping in line with Federal ADA Transitional initiatives. ADA improvements sometimes include the alley sidewalk crossings.
Engineering responded to site triangle reviews, signage complaints, and other citizen traffic complaints. Engineering also performed traffic/speed studies. The traffic counter tubes and/or radar speed signs were used and the total traffic count and speed limits were extracted from the data collectors. Some of the locations were: 1) Zoo Entrances 2) Bay Meadows 3) Riverside – west of Sycamore 4) N. Sycamore between 2nd & 8th 5) E. Hobson Road – west of US 285 6) N. Montana
City Manager: Joe Neeb Director of Engineering: Louis Najar
