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Public Works

Our Mission

Provide inclusive quality of life that ensures the safety, health and welfare for the citizens of Chattanooga. We are responsible for the City's infrastructure and maintain a clean environment for all to thrive. We are One Team builing One Chattanooga.

Our Vision

Be a model service organization that inspires people.

About Us

The Department of Public Works delivers a variety of services that Chattanooga's citizens rely on daily including: the City's infrastructure – its design, construction, and maintenance; the storm water system and water quality; the collection and disposal of garbage, brush, recycling, and household hazardous waste.

Chattanooga's Department of Public Works is Accredited by the American Public Works Association (APWA). Accredited in 2016, Chattanooga became the first public works department to receive full accreditation in the State of Tennessee. This means that the agency has proven that policies and procedures are developed and implemented to effectively and efficiently serve the public's need. 

Public Works Divisions

Code Enforcement

Engineering

Land Development Office

Solid Waste and Recycling

Stormwater

Street Maintenance

Transportation

Urban Forestry

Responsibilities

Solid Waste & Recycling

Garbage collection, recycle collection, brush collection, leaf collection, and bulky trash collection, landfills, wood recycle facility, recycling convenience centers, and refuse convenience centers.

Engineering

Construction and stormwater engineering including design, project management, inspection, surveying and also manages the City's GIS program. Facilities Management oversees the management of city-owned building envelopes.

Water Quality Program

Manages surface water quality including stormwater and potential pollutants that can enter our streams.

Street Maintenance

Construction and maintenance of roads, pothole repairs, snow and ice removal, right-of-way mowing, street sweeping and litter collection.

Transportation

CDOT provides enhanced public space for a thriving community with safe, efficient, and accessible transportation options for all.

Urban Forestry

Plants, maintains, and manages the City's street trees and forest resource.

Development Review & Permitting Division

Online Permitting, current City codes, and public GIS information. 
 

Leadership

JW
Jerramy Wood
Administrator Public Works

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Address
1250 Market Street
Chattanooga,TN 37402
Call
(423) 643-6311 (423) 643-6311