PARKS & RECREATION/Historic downtown park gets facelift 1st December 2000 History was falling into disrepair in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Colee Hammock, site of an 1836 massacre and a park since 1934, was falling apart.
FLEET MANAGEMENT/Miami-Dade system keeps oil running longer 1st November 2000 For most government fleets, the every-5,000-mile oil change is a fact of life. In Miami-Dade, however, the jurisdiction’s school buses have not had an
WASTEWATER/City uses sliplining to rehab interceptor sewer 1st November 2000 Evansville, Ind ., recently rehabilitated more than two miles of an interceptor sewer using polymer mortar pipe and sliplining. The $8 million project
Winston-Salem arrests juvenile crime with GIS 1st November 2000 Winston-Salem, N.C., has developed a Web-based GIS application to help combat juvenile crime. Known as the Community Safety Information System (CSIS),
Oakland maps a clean streets strategy 1st November 2000 The Oakland (Calif.) Public Works Agency began a program in summer 1999 to help clean up the city’s dirty streets. The program, called Grime Busters,
PUBLIC WORKS/Locals hope bill boosts water infrastructure 1st November 2000 First, there was TEA-21, the Transportation Equity Act, which helped rebuild the nation’s road system. Hot on its heels, AIR-21 provided the push for
STREETS & BRIDGES/Bridge meets aesthetic and structural criteria 1st October 2000 When Wichita, Kan., decided to replace the historic Douglas Street Bridge, city officials were careful to balance structural and aesthetic criteria. “[Replacing
Beneficial use of biosolids 1st October 2000 In the last 15 years, the federal government has passed legislation regulating biosolids management, limiting traditional methods of disposal – incineration,
Locals build wetlands to treat leachate 1st October 2000 Metro Waste Authority (MWA) of Des Moines, Iowa, has developed the state’s first constructed wetlands and prairie to naturally treat leachate. The system
Ohio city boosts revenue with sludge processing 1st October 2000 North Ridgeville, Ohio, has completed the first phase of a $4.5 million project that will expand the city’s capacity for sludge handling. The expansion
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