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PUBLIC WORKS

Our Public Works consist of three different departments:

Click on the department links to view to each department's page.

 

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS & STREETS

Department within the Public Works Division

 Report a Problem

Concert in the CommonsBuilding Section: 

  • Electrical

  • Mechanical

  • Safety-related devices

  • Work requests for other departments as needed

  • Execute facility moves

  • Assists in setup of community events such as festivals and town meetings

  • Assists in the installation of holiday decorations in the downtown area  

 

Town Hall during the spring

Grounds Section:   

  • Responsible for vegetation management program of the town properties

  • Litter removal within town limits

  • Mowing, mulching, fertilizing, and plantings of town-owned properties

  • Herbicide applications – licensed through the NC Department of Agriculture.

  • Town Arborist and is certified through the ISA.

 

Streets Section:

Report a street light or traffic light outage           Report a Missing Sign             Report Pothole or Sidewalk Issue

The Streets section has the responsibility of the following within the town limits and right-of-ways.

  • Public roadway maintenance

  • Street resurfacing

  • Street Sign Maintenance

  • Existing sidewalk and alley maintenance

  • Maintenance of stormwater and drainage

  • Snow and ice removal

  • Trimming and mowing of right-of-ways and sidewalk edging

  • Fleet Maintenance  

  • Powell Bill Allocations 

 

 

  

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WATER AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT

A department within the Public Works Division
  

water & sewer construction is install pipes

Our Water and Sewer Construction Department were initiated in 1996 to place an increased emphasis on customer service by minimizing water and sewer disruption, ensuring quality service and product at a minimum cost to the citizens of Wilkesboro. This in-house crew accomplishes great progress: 

  • Replaces and installing approximately 4-5 miles of water and sewer lines annually

  • Repair water leaks

  • Install meter settings

  • Install water and sewer taps

  • Sewage stoppage responsibilities

  • Preventive maintenance program by NC DEQ involves approximately 6 miles of jetting annually

  • Visual inspections of the entire collection system (approximately 50 miles)

  • Maintain all sewer line easements by mowing, clearing and cleaning several miles annually.

  • Installation of all new curb and gutter, sidewalk and storm drain.

The Public Works department is staffed with 10 employees and someone is available 24 hours a day/365 days a year. Due to the nature of the business, it is crucial to have the rapid response of this department’s manpower and equipment on a day-to-day basis to business owners and residents of the Town of Wilkesboro.

If you should experience an emergency during or after hours, click here.  

 

REPORTS:

2025 Collection Systems Performance Annual Report

      2024 Collection Systems Performance Annual Report

      2023 Collection Systems Performance Annual Report

2022 Collection Systems Performance Annual Report

2021 Collection Systems Performance Annual Report

2020 Collection Systems Performance Annual Report

2019 Collection Systems Performance Annual Report 

    

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STREET DEPARTMENT 

A department within the Public Works Division 

roads and sidewalks

  Report a street light or traffic light outage      Report a Missing Sign        Report Pothole or Sidewalk Issue

The Town of Wilkesboro Street Department is a division of Public Works and has the responsibility of the following within the town limits and right-of-ways:

  • Public roadway maintenance

  • Street resurfacing

  • Street Sign Maintenance

  • Existing sidewalk and alley maintenance

  • Maintenance of stormwater and drainage

  • Snow and ice removal

  • Trimming and mowing of right-of-ways and sidewalk edging

  • Powell Bill Allocations