The Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance of the Town’s infrastructure, some of which includes the following: sweeping improved roads, bituminous pavement repairs, cleaning of approximately catch basins, maintenance of the Town’s drainage system.
The Department continually installs new street and traffic control signs as well as the repair, replacement and cleaning of existing signs. Inspection of all new roads and driveways being constructed as well as work being performed in the Town’s right-of-way, i.e., CL&P crossings, cable t.v. crossings, etc. are done by the Public Works Department.
In the spring and once again in the fall, the Department grades approximately unimproved roads as well as touching them up after severe rainstorms.
The Department is also responsible for the maintenance of seven local cemeteries and assisting the Park and Recreation Department in the maintenance of Sears Park. Public Works operates the Town’s transfer station approximately 52 days per year.
In-house services are provided to the Board of Education, which includes sweeping parking lots, cleaning catch basins and plowing and sanding parking lots.
The Department’s primary objective in the winter months is snow removal work. During storms, the Department also plows and sands sidewalks as well as performing equipment maintenance.
The Public Works Department is located at One Public Works Drive (off State Route 66, just west of the intersection with State Route 16) The Facility is located 2.3 miles west of the "Four Corners" intersection (East and West High and North Main and Main); and just .7 mile east of the traffic light in the center of Cobalt. Department hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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