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Steve Abbott, Director

City of Huntsville
Department of Public Works
Post Office Box 308
Huntsville, AL 35804
Telephone: (256) 883-3964
Fax: (256) 883-3954
E-mail: sabbott@ci.huntsville.al.us

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Streets and Drainage Maintenance Division
The Maintenance Division of the Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining the efficient flow of water through the City's drainage facilities to prevent flooding, erosion, and other property damage. It is also responsible for maintaining the safe riding quality of the City's streets. Activities include pothole patching, base failure repair, crack sealing, sidewalk repair, curb and gutter repair, street sweeping, curb cleaning, hydro-seeding, creek dredging, ditch maintenance, and administering the street resurfacing contract. A seasonal activity is ice and snow removal. During winter months, maintenance crews are on call 24 hours a day to respond to ice and snow emergencies on the City's arterial streets.

Sanitation Division
The Sanitation Division is charged with the responsibility of providing garbage collection to residential and commercial solid waste customers. It is also responsible for the collection of trash and yard waste, bulky waste, and seasonal loose leaf collection for Huntsville's 50,000+ residential solid waste customers.