Public Works

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The Public Works Department consists of Engineering, Traffic and Transportation, Development Engineering, Water, Solid Waste, and Energy, PW Maintenance Services Yard, and the Salinas Municipal Airport.

Engineering and Traffic/Transportation Divisions

The Engineering and Traffic/Transportation Divisions provide management of the City's public infrastructure, plans and implements public capital improvements, examines private development plans and proposals with associated CEQA documents to ensure responsible growth as it relates to public infrastructure and transportation issues, administers programs, and enforces governmental regulations. The Engineering Division also manages the use and development of City properties and special projects.

Development Engineering Division

The Development Engineering Division is responsible for engineering reviews of private development plans/proposals as well Inspection services for new subdivisions and public improvements, and the issuance of permits for street vendors and encroachment into the public right-of-way.

Water, Solid Waste, and Energy Division

The Water, Solid Waste, and Energy Division is responsible for implementing the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (NPDES), solid waste, water, and sustainable energy programs.

PW Maintenance Services Yard Division

The PW Maintenance Services Yard Division protects the health and safety of Salinas by providing maintenance services for all City infrastructure, vehicles and equipment, and also ensures NPDES compliance in the field.

Salinas Municipal Airport

The Salinas Municipal Airport is a general aviation facility occupying 763 acres, with two runways serving single and twin engine aircraft and helicopters, as well as an increasing number of turbo-propeller and turbine-powered business jets. The airport has an air traffic control tower in operation 12 hours/day, 7 days/week.

What's Happening for Public Works

Nacional Street Neighborhood Traffic Calming

After community lead process and the Nacional Street Neighborhood Traffic Calming Plan has been Approved!

The Traffic and Transportation Division held two community meetings with residents of the Nacional Street neighborhood to develop a Traffic Calming Plan to address the speeding concerns of the neighborhood. With residents’ input received at these meetings, a neighborhood Traffic Calming Plan was developed and finalized. Per the City’s Traffic Calming Policy, the plan was taken to vote to determine support from residents and the vote met policy requirements.

At the September 10th meeting, City Council approved the...

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New Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons at School Crossing

Students at Natividad Elementary School on Modoc Street have a new traffic safety device that helps them get across the 4-lanes of Alvin Drive. The new flashing beacons are part of a series of improvements the City is planning on Alvin Drive that support safe routes to school.

The flashing beacons come with the restriping of a new high visibility crosswalk with supporting yield markings set back 50 feet from each direction to the crosswalk. The flashing beacons themselves include two LED rectangular shaped light sources that flash with high frequency when a pedestrian...

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Regional Training Workshop

March 13, 3019

The City of Salinas hosted a Regional Training Workshop on March 13, 2019. Building off its successful 2018 Regional Innovation Summit, the City of Salinas partnered with the Center for Government Excellence at John Hopkins University to host a Regional Training Workshop. 50+ local government staff from various cities attended two training sessions: Problem Solving Using Data & Analytics and Data Storytelling. The first session walked participants through a framework designed to help city leaders take a data-driven approach to solving city problems. The second session was designed to enable participants to build a story...

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It's Leaf Season!

September 9, 2019

Leaf season is upon us, and the City of Salinas Environmental and Maintenance Services Department needs your help. Each year the heavy leaf fall that occurs from October through February presents a number of problems for the Street Sweeping Program.

Please help out your community by not raking leaves or landscape debris into the street and containing all the leaves, grass clippings, and tree branches from your lawn and landscape into the proper Yard-Waste bin.

Following these simple suggestions will help the City's Street Sweepers more effectively sweep the leaves that naturally fall...

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF CLEAN UP

August 2, 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE CLEANUP AND REMOVAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BEING ILLEGALLY STORED. Please see attached notices for dates, times, locations, and a comprehensive list of Monterey County service providers.

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