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Street Services Division
Address:
Department of Public Works, Street Services Division
157 Burgess Road
South Windsor, CT 06074
Phone:
(860) 648-6366
Fax:
(860) 644-8027
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Staff
Title
Extension
Superintendent of Operations
680
Administrative Manager
680
Street Services Manager
680
Administrative Secretary II
680
Associate Manager
680
ANNUAL REPORT
2006-2007
STREET SERVICES DIVISION


The Street Services Division of the Public Works Department maintains the Town's road and drainage infrastructure.  There are approximately 138 miles of road to sweep, repair potholes, remove snow, pick up leaves, line paint, repair signs and clean catch basins to name just some of the ongoing programs this Division performs annually.  The employees of this Division strive to find more efficient ways to complete these tasks and deliver services to the residents of South Windsor.


The 2006/2007 snow season was managed by the elimination of the use of sand and using an all salt application or a treated salt application.  The treated salt works faster at melting and is more effective at colder temperatures.  This resulted in cleaner roads with less overtime and call backs to treat icy condition.  It also led to a reduction in the amount of time spent working on the spring street sweeping program.  The program took 21 days to accomplish in 2005-2006 and 10 days in 2006-2007.  We will still need to sweep our streets annually in the spring because of dust and naturally occurring sediment.  This also reduced the need to clean catch basins as often resulting in cost and time savings.  The time we saved street sweeping allowed us to complete other spring programs earlier than expected, such as curb and lawn damage repair from snow plowing activities.  This further allowed us to complete a late spring road resurfacing project on a one-half mile section of Foster Street.

The Town advertised and went to bid for crack sealing services of various streets and parking lots.  Crack sealing maintenance extends the longevity of the pavement surface and is recommended as the first defense against pavement deterioration.  The Town has historically piggy backed the State bid Contract for much of its roadwork and did not bid out our own contracts; but in recent years there has been significant delays with several of the State awarded contracts or not contract at all.  The Street Services Division is planning to have several of their own contracts awarded in the coming year.  This will allow work to be scheduled and completed in a timely fashion freeing up more time to accomplish new drainage projects.  The Division crack sealed 23 miles of road and the Community Center parking lots.

The new Town Garage building addition was completed in December of 2006.  the offices of Streets, Parks and Fleet Services have relocated to the new improved facility from the temporary offices used during construction of the building addition.  Besides updated office space the building contains anew larger lunch room and training room to house all of the department's employees, something the old building could no longer provide.  There is a dedicated sign shop room to meet the Town's traffic control needs.  The department is also pursuing the purchase of new equipment for the sign shop to keep up with the latest sign material available.  The size of the service bays for the repair of the Town's vehicles has been enlarged to better facilitate its services.  Heated work space was also enlarged for both Streets and Parks.

ACTIVITY
04-05
05-06
06-07
Road Surface Treatment Miles
7.93
7.49
7.99
Street Sweeping Days
38
21
10
Catch Basin Cleaning each
3,657
4,421
799
Leaf Collection Cubic Yards
22,035
24,108
19,500
Drainage Facilities Repaired
78
109
81
Roadside Mowing Passes
4
3
4
Miles of Road Plowed
136
136
138
Number of Plow Routes
19
19
19
Number of Storms
19
10
12

Mark D. Owens
Street Services Manager


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