The Highway Department is the largest division within the Department of Public Works.
The division is responsible for the repair and maintenance of all Town roads, sidewalks and storm drains. This work includes pothole patching, cleaning catch basins, flushing storm drains, rebuilding drainage structures, replacing catch basin grates or manhole covers and miscellaneous paving work.
The Division is also responsible for sign maintenance and replacement, painting, repairs to the buildings at Tucks Point and the Singing Beach Bathhouse, opening and closing Tucks Point and Singing Beach Bathhouse prior to and after the summer season.
The Highway Division is responsible for operating the Transfer Station and Compost Site. The DPW office handles the sale of annual stickers and day passes for the Transfer Station. Access to the Compost Site requires a valid Town identification (resident) sticker.
This Division picks up any dead animals killed on the street. If a resident is missing a pet they should first call the police to report it missing, then the DPW office to see if the division has picked anything up. Please give a detailed description because more often than not there are no tags on the animal.
DPW vehicles and equipment including the Council on Aging vans are maintained and repaired by the mechanics in the Highway Division, Repairs are done in house as much as possible.
The Highway Division is also the odd job division. These employees set up and breakdown for all Town Meetings and elections, install and remove window air conditioners in Town Hall and do any other odd job that comes up.
The Highway Division provides vehicles, equipment and personnel to assist in repairing water and/or sewer breaks.
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