Public Works & Utilities

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To achieve their sustainability goals, cities and counties must engage with key stakeholders

Local government leaders need to cast a wide net, says Laura Kroeger, technical director,...

The future of carbon emissions and cities lies in green buildings

When you envision the future, what do you see? For me, it’s a place where people of all...

Digital government transformation needs to start with citizens

After experiencing a major flood or natural disaster, the last thing a citizen wants is...

Sustainability takes center stage in Milwaukee city operations

It’s crucial for government entities to have a stand-alone sustainability office, says Erick Shambarger, director of environmental sustainability for Milwaukee, where he leads the Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO). He adds that it’s important to have champions for sustainability spread throughout city government that administrators can collaborate with on key issues. “The reason it’s important to […]

Making the technical personal: How fiber is changing communities

The passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides communities around the nation a once-in-a-generation opportunity to leverage their share of the $42.5 billion allocated for broadband infrastructure. The pandemic shifted broadband from being used for entertainment to now being mission critical for work-from-home, online schooling, remote healthcare and numerous other applications and services. […]

Local leaders laud spending initiatives, highlight challenges at National League of Cities’ annual summit

Against the backdrop of the bipartisan infrastructure bill’s once-in-a-century investment in broadband, transportation and infrastructure, city leaders gathered virtually this year for the National League of Cities’ annual City Summit conference. After a year of hardships inflicted by the pandemic, communities across the United States have reached “a turning point—that’s a big deal. We’re ushering in historic investments in […]

With trillions poised for investment in infrastructure, comprehensive dig-safe policies are needed

Each year, repairing underground utility lines damaged by unsafe digging practices and waste from inefficiencies costs taxpayers around $61 billion. Six states, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin, along with Washington, D.C., account for more than 20 percent that number ($13 billion)—they all have one thing in common: lax dig-safe policies.  “Ultimately, ratepayers are picking up the tab […]

What about smart roadways? Missouri-based tech startup intends to turn highways into networks

Those who live in the northeastern United States are intimately familiar with all five seasons—summer, autumn, winter, spring and pothole season. When warmer weather finally arrives, melting snow reveals roads and bridges riddled with cracks and frost heave-inflicted pockmarks—damage taxpayers are accustomed to financially covering. That’s because maintaining public roadways through taxation has become as American as apple pie.  But with the industrial era disappearing in the […]

Genesee County and Plug Power break ground on largest green hydrogen plant in North America

Alternative energy technology provider Plug Power has begun construction on a state-of-the-art green hydrogen manufacturing facility at the Western New York Science, Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) in Alabama, N.Y. in Genesee County. New York Governor Kathy Hochul joined local government leaders to break ground on the project, which will also include a 450-megawatt […]

Historic infrastructure bill presents once-in-a-century opportunity, challenges for communities

With the passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill through Congress, cities and counties across the nation are taking stock of needs in their communities to best prioritize spending when funding arrives—hopefully sooner than later.  The historic initiative, which is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden next week, allots more money for infrastructure than many communities have seen […]
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