Use the links at the top of these pages to find out more about:

Streets

• Streets
  We keep city streets clean and in good repair. We fix sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and we control weeds and mosquitoes, maintain traffic signs, and control street flooding.
• Graffiti Removal
  One of the ways we help keep Riverside beautiful is by quickly removing graffiti throughout the city.  Calls come in to the (dial 311) daily for graffiti complaints and Public Works dispatches crews to quickly eliminate the blight.

Trees & Landscaping

• Trees
  Public Works oversees some 100,000 street trees and another 30,000+ trees in parks and open space areas and is responsible for maintaining the city's trees.
• Landscaping
  City landscape inspectors monitor parkways and medians and manage landscape contracts and new construction projects.

Trash & Recycling

• Curbside Trash Services
  Garbage, green waste and recyclables with regularly scheduled special services for household hazardous waste and bulky items.
• C.U.R.E. & Recycling
  C.U.R.E. focuses the value of having a clean city, raising consciousness of litter habits, and improving overall community pride and involvement. The city hosts periodic special collection events for items like refrigerators, appliances, televisions, and tires.

Traffic & Parking

• Traffic Management
  From its command center at City Hall, the Traffic Division is able to monitor traffic throughout the city and change traffic light timing to improve flow.
• Parking
  As the City of Riverside continues to grow so does the need for adequate parking. The Parking Division staff operates and manages the city’s parking lots and structures, and parking services include, parking enforcement citywide, downtown, street sweeping, and special events.

Clean Air

• Model Clean Air City
  Riverside City Council approved strategic actions and formed and advisory committee to use state funds for air quality improvement projects.

Sewers and Storm Drains

• Wastewater Management
  Wastewater comes from household and commercial sewer systems and is treated before it is discharged to minimize the amount of pollution that flows to the Santa Ana River. 
• Stormwater Management
  The city's storm drain system, separate from the sewer system, collects and channels stormwater and any other surface level run-off such as irrigation along with other materials like surface trash that can get into the storm drain system.

Engineering

• Designs and manages construction of infrastructure elements for transportation, parking, sewer and storm drain facilities.
• Provides engineering survey.
• Reviews plans and conducts inspections for private development projects.

Public Works Drawings, Forms, Handouts, Surveys, Land Records and Plans

This vast collection of documents is available from links on each page in the Public Works websites just below the top-level navigation buttons. The documents are also available through the Sitemap page.