Welcome to New Milford Public Works

Provide top quality, professional, effective, and timely services to residents, businesses and internal customers.We do this by focusing on relationships with ourselves and our customers, and on customer service and satisfaction, thus improving our image and maintaining the community's trust. To support and enhance a high quality of life for the Town’s residents, businesses and visitors by providing well planned, environmentally sensitive, cost effective infrastructure and services to promote public health, personal safety, transportation, economic growth and civic vitality.

Please visit FIXNEWMILFORD.com for road and bridge information. You can select "report an issue" or visit SEECLICKFIX to report ANY issues to the Public Works Department. Please use that first before calling.

Reminder- any road that contains a NUMBER (Rte 7, 109, 67 etc) are State of CT DOT roads and you may call the local DOT (860.354.4253) for the issue.

HOT TOPICS:

LEAF POLICY - Please do NOT blow or rake leaves into the roads. These actions lead to safety and drainage issues.

STOMP the Spotted Lantern Fly! 

BEE CITY!!  New Milford First Article

PROCLAMATIONS: State and New Milford for:

Public Works Week May 21-27 2023

5/15/23-"The Public Works Dept. will be milling and paving  Bostwick Pl, High St, South Main St and Middle St beginning Tuesday, May 16, 2023 and continuing through Friday, May 26.  Access to driveways and one lane of traffic will be maintained at all times during work hours. Expect minor delays. No on-street parking will be allowed on streets that are being worked on during the hours of 7 AM to 4 PM. Any parked vehicles that prevent the progress of work will have to be towed."

5/1-IMPORTANT-Info on the SPOTTED LANTERN FLY  --From CT DEEP and news article in USA TODAY

CTDOT will begin working on UPLAND RD BRIDGE in MAY. this bridge and entrance to Upland Rd from Rt 202 will be CLOSED until completed. More details to follow.

NEW --NO MOW MAY -Help save the BEES. Please click for the attached article on how YOU can help!

How to Reduce Pest Pressures in Your Pollinator Garden-12 Ways Without Pesticides!

Draft MS4 Report                

  2022 MAILBOX POLICY

Recycling website by Three Veterans LLC AND here is the link to the form for the Bulky Waste Pickup $20 coupon. This is brought to you by the $.05 surcharge on nip bottles by CT.

Please view our Municipal Facebook page for additional updated information: https://m.facebook.com/NMPWD/

Due to changing conditions, we utilize our facebook page to provide timely updates.

 About power restoration, Eversource can be reached at 1-800-286-2000.

Be Safe!

Town/Private Road list-useful for Realtors!

 A reminder to homeowner's about the ROW and PERMITS - here is the link to Right of Way Permits ROW Permit  Effective today 10/13/17, Town Council approved the ordinance to collect a fee for Driveway Permits. Attached is the ordinance and fee schedule.

Transportation Management Plan from 2013 which identifies several solutions to help alleviate traffic congestion in the downtown area and Grove St/Still River Dr corridor.

Scan this to get Public Works Website on your smart phone. 

GENERAL INFORMATION         

Everyday we have multiple crews out in different parts of town (For reference, the Town owns 212 miles of road(~186 miles of paved road and ~27 miles of gravel) consisting of ~370 town roads, 34 bridges over 20 feet in length, 24 bridges under 20 feet in length, and 2 over railroad tracks).

The New Milford Public Works Department consists of five different divisions

• Engineering Department
• Facilities Maintenance Department
• Highway Department
• Recycling Center
• Vehicle Maintenance