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PennDOT mixes up a new type of road

The Municipal Posted on April 20, 2022 by Dani MessickApril 20, 2022
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Pennsylvania may not be the first state to construct a road from recycled plastic, but leaders of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Strategic Recycling Program hope that their new roadway at Ridley Creek State Park will be a catalyst for … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged march 2022, PennDOT, streets highways & bridges, The Municipal | Leave a reply

Hyattsville welcomes its first all-electric refuse truck

The Municipal Posted on March 12, 2022 by Dani MessickMarch 9, 2022
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Make way gas guzzlers! There’s a new fleet vehicle that city governments are lining up to employ. The city of Hyattsville, Md., is one of many cities that have recently implemented electric-powered refuse trucks to combat its carbon footprint, welcoming … Continue reading →

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Deerfield Beach calms roadway to improve pedestrian safety

The Municipal Posted on February 11, 2022 by Dani MessickFebruary 11, 2022
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The citizens are taking back the streets in one Florida city. In December 2020, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization established BTactical, a streets initiative focused on multimodal safety improvements throughout Broward County. Florida is known as the most dangerous state … Continue reading →

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Fairfax County discovers many benefits to ultraviolet for wastewater treatment

The Municipal Posted on February 7, 2022 by Dani MessickFebruary 7, 2022
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Fairfax County’s new ultraviolet water treatment facility earned an Envision Gold award for sustainability. The award-winning Noman M. Cole Jr. Pollution Control Plant is a 67-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant in Fairfax County, Va., that replaces the old sodium hypochlorite disinfection … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged january 2022, technology, The Municipal, wastewater | Leave a reply

Illinois repairs farming thoroughfare in record time

The Municipal Posted on January 19, 2022 by Dani MessickJanuary 19, 2022
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An expansive road reconstruction project in southern Illinois was completed posthaste after funding sources dictated that the Illinois Department of Transportation would only receive the necessary monies if it completed it in less than six months. Miller City Road in … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged december 2021, illinois, streets highways & bridges, The Municipal | Leave a reply

Xeriscape Demonstration Garden designed to open minds to desert landscaping

The Municipal Posted on January 17, 2022 by Dani MessickJanuary 17, 2022
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A central Arizona city is fitting its focus onto the acceptance of the natural landscape it was gifted. As part of that focus, it is teaching its residents to appreciate it, too. Surprise, Ariz., broke ground on a community Xeriscape … Continue reading →

Posted in Maintenance and Operations | Tagged january 2022, maintenance & operations, The Municipal, xeriscape | Leave a reply

Nevada city fights greenhouse gases with technology

The Municipal Posted on November 29, 2021 by Dani MessickNovember 29, 2021
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Nevada’s 2020 State Climate Strategy has led one city to begin tracking its emission in an effort to reduce the heat island effect at their city buildings. “We have a goal in our sustainability plan of reducing emissions from the … Continue reading →

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Arizona installs dust detection warning system for drivers

The Municipal Posted on November 22, 2021 by Dani MessickNovember 22, 2021
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Between the two largest metropolitan areas in Arizona, near a town named Eloy, lies a dangerous stretch of I-10 where the Arizona Department of Transportation is taking action to protect drivers. “We looked at the whole stretch between Phoenix and … Continue reading →

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River city renovates shoreline for safety, commerce

The Municipal Posted on September 8, 2021 by Dani MessickSeptember 8, 2021
Troy, New York

A city in New York is hoping recent renovations to its seawall will benefit the local economy in conjunction with other marine-related projects. In 2011, Hurricane Irene devastated the coastline of the Hudson River, specifically in Troy, a historic city … Continue reading →

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Greeley sought external analysis to uncover improvements in public works

The Municipal Posted on August 19, 2021 by Dani MessickAugust 19, 2021
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After years of steady growth, the city of Greeley, Colo., decided to place matters of its public works department’s development into someone else’s hands. In May 2020, the Greeley Public Works Department finished its first-ever external analysis, following the human … Continue reading →

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Reston receives distinctions for aquatic center makeover

The Municipal Posted on July 23, 2021 by Dani MessickJuly 23, 2021
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When it became clear their 40-year-old community center pool was obsolete, management and community residents agreed to spend an estimated $5.5 million to remodel the entire aquatics center. Built in 1979, Reston, Va.’s, Terry L. Smith Aquatics Center initially consisted … Continue reading →

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