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City of Riverside Public Works Department

The Public Works Department plays a vital role in providing a myriad of City services to promote quality of life for the City of Riverside.

Our goal is to implement efficient and cost effective services to preserve and enhance our City streets, bike paths, and sanitary sewer system as well as promote sustainable programs to preserve our environment with clean storm drains, air quality programs and a solid waste collection system that successfully diverts 69% of citywide trash from landfills to recycling programs.

Please explore our website for more information on the variety of services we provide.

Proposed Brockton Avenue Bike Lane Project

The City is proposing to restripe Brockton Avenue between Mission Inn Avenue and Central Avenue in an effort to encourage the use of alternate modes of transportation such as bicycling and walking and reduce vehicle use.

By restriping Brockton Avenue as proposed, the project will not only provide bike lanes, but will also facilitate entry and exit from side streets and driveways and move left turning vehicles out of the path of thru traffic by reducing the number of travel lanes and adding a continuous left turn lane. For more information, click here.

Citizens approved annexation to Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District

In order to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, the Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District proposed to provide services to the portions of the City that they do not currently serve. On May 16, 2013, ballots for the annexation were tabulated and the proposal was approved by a majority of 60.73%. With this approval, the Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District will expand to serve the entire City starting July 1, 2013. They will provide vector control services with environmentally safe approaches to address mosquitoes, Africanized bees, rats, rodents, and other vectors. Read More...