DPW Highlights: Highway and Stormwater Division

The Weston Department of Public Works is a department that does not always get the recognition it deserves.  We appreciate the men and women the DPW that continuously work hard to get things done so the Town remains as beautiful as a scenic postcard. We would like to recognize the DPW each week by highlighting each division, and provide insight to what their jobs entail. National Public Works Week is May 21-27, 2023, however we wanted to showcase them starting this week.  We will start with Highway and Stormwater Division, which is led under the Supervision of Carlos Rivera. 

Existing Staff:

In the highway and stormwater division there is a supervisor, a highway heavy equipment operator, a highway traffic maintenance specialist, four truck driver/laborer positions,  a stormwater heavy equipment operator, and two stormwater truckdriver/laborer positions.

Operational Duties (current) - Highway Division

1. General daily operation and maintenance of the Rights of Way:

            a.)   87 linear miles of roadway (196 lane miles);

            b.)   Approximately 30 miles of sidewalk (Town, Facilities, and State);

2. Snow and Ice Sanding and Plowing Events;
3. Pothole and Pavement;
4. Pavement marking (center line, edge line, crosswalks, stop line, parking stalls, etc.); 
5. Curbing maintenance and repairs;
6. Sign maintenance, repair, and installation;
7. Roadside Cutting with mowers, weed wackers, and flail machine;
8. Spring and Fall cleanup along sidewalks and roadside;
9. Litter pickup;
10. Graffiti elimination;
11. Signal maintenance and repairs (Town Engineer via vendor);
12. Light maintenance and repairs (Director via vendor);
13. Guardrail maintenance and repairs (via vendor);
14. Fencing maintenance and repairs (via vendor);
15. Retaining Wall maintenance and repairs (via vendor);
16. Tree maintenance and removals (in-house and via vendor);
17. Participate in Roadway events:

           a.)  Response during downed trees and tree limbs pickup;

            b.) Response during dead deer pickup;

            c.) Response during flooding events;

18. Participate in Water Breaks; 
19. Participate in Roadway Reconstruction Program:

              a.) Pre- construction survey of drainage infrastructure;

              b.) Vegetative Management (tree limb cutting, etc.)

              c.) Trucking of excavated material(s);

              d.) Assist with loaming and seeding;  

Operational Duties (current) - Stormwater Division:

1. General daily operation and maintenance of the Rights of Way;
2. Street Sweeping;
3. Spring and Fall Cleanup along sidewalk and roadside;
4. Catch Basin Cleaning (1600 structures (catch basins and water quality units));
5. Drainage Repairs and Replacements (piping, catch basins, and drain manholes);
6. Response to Flooding Events;
7. Clearing of waterway and swales;
8. Snow and Ice Sanding and Plowing Events;
9. Participate in Roadway Reconstruction Program:

              a.) Pre- construction survey of drainage infrastructure;

              b.) Vegetative Management (tree limb cutting, etc.)

              c.) Trucking of excavated material(s);

              d.) Assist with loaming and seeding;