Public Works Department
City Hall 401 California Ave.
Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Phone
(702) 293-9200
Fax (702) 293-9241
E-mail:
Contact Form
Monday thru Thursday
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Public Works Department of the City of Boulder City manages all aspects of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for the City of Boulder City and provides development services for all private construction projects. We maintain top quality parks, streets, flood control facilities, buildings, water distribution system, sewer collection and treatment facilities. In addition, the Public Works Department is responsible for managing numerous other City items, including the municipal cemetery, refuge collection and disposal, and many of the City’s agreements with local business operations such as gravel pits and power plants. The Public Works Department professionally represents Boulder City at the Southern Nevada Water Authority meetings, Regional Transportation Commission meetings, and Flood Control District meetings.
Message from the Director:
Hey everybody, it’s flash flood season!!Public Works has cleaned and shaped our flood control facilities to prepare them for a big storm.While we hope we do not experience a significant storm event, we want to be ready just in case.City Staff has cleaned the drop inlets, channels and some basins.We have also used contractors to help us do some work, such as cleaning the energy dissipation basin at the end of the Hemenway Channel (see below).
What can you do to help us out?Good question!Often times local flooding is a result of bags of trash or cans blocking an inlet.Please do not place your garbage in the flowline of the curb, as it could get washed down to the face of the nearest inlet.Also, we have all seen the Flood Control District’s billboards reminding us not to drive into standing water.In BoulderCity, our streets are so steep that water does not stand very long.You really have no excuse here -- if you simply wait 10 minutes, the flooded street is usually clear.
Have you seen a debris-filled inlet near your home or place of business?If so, we want to know about it.Please click on the red tab above, “Report a Problem.”Public Works crews will respond within a day or two and have the facility cleaned up.
Drive carefully on Buchanan Boulevard or you will find yourself in a messy situation.The sewer system in HemenwayValley requires lift stations and force mains to get the sewage over the hill.As it tops the hill near US 93 and Canyon Road, the sewer main becomes a gravity line the rest of the way to the Treatment Plant.This change in flow characteristics causes the sewage to release gases which over many years causes damage to the concrete manholes.Upon an inspection by Public Works Staff several months ago, we noticed that some of the manholes in this vicinity were not structurally sound; hence, the current project to replace the manholes.The new manholes will be coated on the inside to prevent future problems of this nature.Thank you in advance for being courteous with the workers until this quick project can be completed.
STRESSED!!!
On July 10, 2008 I had the opportunity to meet with Jeff McComb of McComb Contracting Company, Inc.I inquired about the status of the new trees in the Georgia Boulevard medians.He stated that due to the heat, the pine trees are showing stress.However, Jeff stated that he is giving them plenty of water and he thinks they will come out of it.
Just so you know, the Public Works Department requires contractors to sign a one year warranty on all of our projects.If there are a few trees that do not survive, McComb contracting will be required to replace those trees at their cost.
Phone
(702) 293-9200
Fax (702) 293-9241
E-mail:
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