Public Works

Please call the Street Department at (860) 379-4070.

The main number is (860) 379-4414.

Visit Eversource's Streetlight Repair Request section of their website.

Or call Eversource at 1-800-286-2000 .

No.  You should contact a private hauler to make arrangements.  There is a regional landfill located at 31 New Hartford Road, Barkhamsted where you can take your garbage.  The telephone number is (860) 379-1972

Please call Animal Control- (860) 379-2723 Ext. 522

As early as possible in the spring and then additionally as needed throughout the summer and fall.

Town residents may stop by the Public Works Office and fill out a Liability Waiver along with a description of where you’d like the sweepings dumped.  The sweepings are delivered at the convenience of the Public Works Department at no charge in full dump truck loads.

Leaf pickups are scheduled for the first or second week in November.  Each street will only be covered once. Bags should be left at curbside by 7:00 am.  Leaves must be in heavy biodegradable paper bags and should be under 50 lbs. in weight.  Only leaves should be placed in bags for pickup.  Leaves in plastic bags and bags containing leaves mixed with other items will not be picked up.  They may also be brought to the Barkhamsted Landfill.  No leaves will be accepted at the Town Garage.

The Town will replace a mailbox and/or post if it was damaged by direct contact with the plow.  If a mailbox is damaged or pushed over as a result of the snow or slush coming off the plow, it is considered a winter hazard and the Town will not repair or replace it.  Contact the Public Works Street Department to report it at (860) 379-4070.

The roads are chosen based on several different factors, including available funding, the PASER rating from the Pavement Management Plan, the utility work scheduled (Eversource, Water & Sewer), projects that builds upon past work, and projects deemed to have an economic impact to attract revenue.  [**Please Note that PASER, or Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating, is a report that provided a professional review & recommendations on the town's roads.  It does not state or suggest a prioritzation within each PASER rating of what roads should be repaired/replaced or when, impacts to the community, and contingencies of “outside” organizations, such as the state or utilities. Additionally, drainage is not included in assessment.**]

PASER is an acronym for Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating, used often as a tool in assessing conditions of roadways.  Ratings are assigned a number on a scale of 1-9, with our town roads ratings translating as follows:
PASER Road Rating 9: Road is in good shape, no work;
PASER Road Rating of 8 and 7: Road was crack sealed in FY16-17 and will be chip sealed as needed;
PASER 6: Road likely to be scheduled during FY18-19 for crack sealing, patching & shimming except where other road work needing to be done prior, taking into consideration upcoming utility work by Eversource and others. (Leverages their required “curb to curb” requirement for road repair after replacing their infrastructure);
PASER Road Rating 3, 4, and 5: Road is slated for later; and
PASER Road Rating of 1 or 2: Road being examined for cost and engineered for bid readiness.

Some roads require just maintenance while others require complete reconstruction.  Drainage is a major issue as well as an expensive one. 

Yes.  The Department of Public Works has a policy in that they need to mill and pave curb to curb.  With utility work, the disturbed area needs to settle for six months so that depressions do not form after paving.

The Pavement Management Plan projected over $38M for the bituminous overlay alone with the cost of engineering and drainage estimated to be another $38M, for a total of approximately $80M.

A partial list of sidewalks in town was drafted with a grading system similar to the road PASER method.

This cost was previously estimated in 2017 at $10M.