What are “Public Works?” They’re essential services you use every day
May 19 to May 25, 2004, is National Public Works Week, which is a great opportunity to recognize Regional employees who deliver essential public works services to our community every day!
Did you know that our Public Works teams at the Region of Waterloo:
- Manage over 153,000 tonnes of waste collected.
- Care for over 33,000 trees.
- Maintain over 1,660 intersections with traffic signals or stop signs.
- Ensure the quality of over 61.7 million cubic metres of drinking water.
- Treat over 57.4 million cubic metres of wastewater.
- Process over 574,000 cubic metres of biosolids for use on agricultural lands and mine sites land reclamation.
- Plan, build and manage over $6.8 billion of projects in the 10-year Capital Budget Forecast that keep our community thriving.
- Create and install over 29,000 road signs.
- Maintain over 1,100 kms of road and bike lanes.
- Care for over 3,200 culverts.
- Service over 800 vehicles from across the Region.
- Process close to 50,000 work orders a year to keep facilities maintained.
- Support over 5,000 housing units and over 850 buildings across the region.
National Public Works Week recognizes the dedication of these workers who make life better for all of us by providing essential services.
“Right here at home, our teams work to keep us connected to the places we need to be, the services that make our community thrive, and the programs that improve our quality of life every day…all done with care. Thank you for everything you do every day,” said Jennifer Rose, commissioner of Engineering and Environmental Services for the Region of Waterloo.
A big thank you to our everyday, unsung superheroes on the Region of Waterloo’s Public Works teams!