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Transportation Engineering Division

The Transportation Engineering Division maintains the City's infrastructure of roadways, bridges and highways, safe and efficient traffic flow and the public right-of-way. The Division includes the following units: Highways, Traffic Engineering, Street Lighting, and Surveys and Design.

The Highway Unit is responsible for the maintenance of over 2,525 miles of public city streets. The unit constructs, repairs and maintains City streets, highways and bridges, and is the primary response unit in weather events, such as snow and ice.



 
ALERTS
TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURE OF 800 BLOCK WALNUT STREET RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
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All City offices will be closed and city services curtailed on President's Day, Monday,February 20 - a legal holiday.

Trash and recyclables will not be collected on Monday. Streets Commissioner Clarena Tolson urges residents, whose normal collection is on Monday, to set them out for collection on Tuesday, February 21. Regularly scheduled trash and recycling collections will be one day behind

Emergency Closure Along Lincoln Drive Begining 2/7
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City of Philadelphia Job Opportunity - Recycling Coordinator
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NEWS
02/16/2012
TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURE OF 800 BLOCK WALNUT STREET RESCHEDULED
02/15/2012
Streets Department Announces Construction to Begin on Walnut Street Bridge over Schuylkill River
02/13/2012
800 Walnut Street Closure
02/10/2012
Streets Department's Winter Weather Advisory
02/06/2012
PRESS RELEASE: Streets Department Announces Rehabilitation Work for the Retaining Wall Along Lincoln Drive

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EVENTS
KUDOS
02/07/2012
2300 Kauffman St
02/03/2012
6609 Cottage St
01/23/2012
Job Well Done
01/20/2012
Wonderful Job
08/31/2011
State Rd & Ashburner St

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