General Info

Portland Public Works Department offers various public services to residents of Portland, Maine. It offers various civil engineering services, including federal and state-mandated administration programs, water purification projects, construction, excavation, reviewing plans and record keeping, street numbering, surveying, and issuing street opening ordinances. Portland Public Works Department also offers traffic engineering, and waste removal programs, including bulky waste curbside collection, brush waste drop off, curbside recycling, hazardous waste disposal, holiday trash collection, recycling, silver bullet relocation, street sweeping, trash collection, and yard and brush removal programs. The public works department also provides various street and utility programs, including road and highway construction, districting, and wastewater maintenance.