What we do

Find out about the services Public Works provides to the city.

Mission

Our mission is to:

Build, operate and maintain the public infrastructure
Provide services with a high performing Public Works department
Lead with collaboration and public and private engagement as standard business practices

Public Works employees design, build, operate and maintain the following:

8,383 Parking meters	21 billion gallons of clean water
57 Miles of parkways	101,000 Water meters
1,093 miles of roads	100,000 water service connections
81 miles of on-street bikeways	1,800 City vehicles
85 miles of off-street bikeways	100,000 street signs
48,000 street lights	4,042 retaining walls
99,434 tons of solid waste	820 miles of sanitary sewers
18,026 tons of recyclables	565 miles of storm pipes
411 bridges	22 miles of deep storm tunnels
16 Parking ramps	5.5 Miles of sanitary tunnels
9 surface lots	35,000 manholes
800 signalized intersections	55,000 catch basins
8,000 hydrants	10 storm water ponds
1,000 miles of water pipes

Phone

311 or 612-673-3000

Address

City Hall
350 S. 5th St., Room 203
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Office hours

Our office is closed to the public at this time.