Public Works

General Information

The public works designs, builds and maintains the City's infrastructure including

streets, traffic sidewalks and street lights as well as maintaining the City's fleet

and equipment.

The Public Works Department operates and maintains the City's public

infrastructure systems. These systems include:

• The City's streets, sidewalks and pathways
• The City's parks
• The City's storm drainage collection and discharge systems

The Public Works Department manages the condition of the City streets through a

Pavement Management System that rates and tracks street surface condition

and assists with determining the most efficient and cost-effective use of street

maintenance funding. Street surface condition is protected through the issuance

of Encroachment Permits to people that construct improvements against or

within the public Rights-of-Way within the City.

In addition to these public infrastructure systems, the Public Works Department is

responsible for the care and maintenance of all City owned vehicles including

police cars and fire trucks.

The Public Works Department also implements and manages the City's National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II storm water permit.

This permit is issued by the State of California  and throught the State Water

Resources Control Board and outlines the Best Management Practices that the

City has agreed to implement in order to do it's part in reducing pollution entering

our streams and rivers carried there in strom water run-off.

City Engineering

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Utilities Department

The Utilities Department provides high quality drinking water to the citizens of

Soledad through a system of public water wells, treatment facilities, storage

tanks and distribution mains and services.

The Utilies Department also collects, treats and discharges treated sanitary

sewerage through a separate system of collection services and mains to the

treatment plant and discharged into evaporation and percolation ponds. The

Utilities Department operates and maintains the following public utility systems:

•  The City's domestic water supply, treatment, storage and distribution systems
•  The City's sanitary sewer collection, treatment and discharge systems

Contact Us:

You are welcome to contact the Public Works Department to ask questions or

make recommendations using the following e-mail publicworks@cityofsoledad.com.