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Facts and Figures
Administration
Oversees the administrative functions of the Department (approximately 60 full-time employees). Coordinates and manages public works projects.
Facilities Maintenance
Maintains buildings ranging from 2–27 years old with a total of 214,167 square feet. City buildings include (City Hall, Operations Center, Community Center, Library, and the Beaverton Resource Center).
Fleet Maintenance
Maintains 231 vehicles and/or equipment for Police, Engineering, Community Development and Operations.
Landscape Maintenance
Maintains 117 acres of land: City-owned property and right-of-ways.
Urban Forestry
Maintains 4,425 trees.
- Plants street trees in new development rights-of-way.
- Offers educational classes/materials related to arboriculture.
- Provides professional arboriculture consulting to citizens.
- Maintains City’s street trees.
Street Maintenance
Maintains 201 miles of City streets, bridges, and 13 miles of pedestrian paths.
Traffic Signals & Street Light Maintenance
Maintains 147 traffic signals and 3,500 streetlights including the City's traffic signals as well as ODOT and Washington County traffic signals in the vicinity. Also maintains the City's street and pedestrian path-lighting system.
Traffic Signs
Responsible for 15,620 City signs, including street name, regulatory, and pavement markings.
Storm Drainage Collection Systems Maintenance
Maintains 175 miles of underground pipe and 59 City-owned detention ponds in the City's storm drainage system.
- Responsible for cleaning the catch basins/creek grates and flushing and video scanning the underground lines.
- Sweeps 662 miles of City, County and State Roads (except Highway 217) per an established street sweeping schedule.
Wastewater Collection Systems Maintenance
Maintains 190,250 feet of sewer lines in the City’s sanitary sewer system. Projects include flushing and video scanning the underground lines.
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