Public Works
The Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance on all City Streets and parks. Duties include snowplowing, street sweeping, sanding & salting streets, mowing & tree trimming in public areas, crack filling & pothole repair, sidewalk repair & maintenance, curb & crosswalk painting, water/sewer line repairs & maintenance, maintaining the City compost site, mosquito spraying, building & vehicle repair and maintenance, and much more.
Street Improvement Program
The City is working on a long term street improvement program. The map below shows what streets would be scheduled for a full-depth reconstruction, mill and overlay, or a simple seal coat project. The proposed timing for these projects is as follows:
|
Project |
Year |
Cost |
|
Phase 1 Water and Sanitary Sewer improvements |
2024 |
$6,000,000 |
|
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades |
2024 |
$7,000,000 |
|
9th Street/Elmhurst Street Reconstruction |
2024 |
$206,000 |
|
Phase 2 Water and Sanitary Sewer Improvements |
2025 |
$7,000,000 |
|
Well Rehab |
2025 |
$750,000 |
|
Additional Streets |
2025 |
$205,360 |
|
Phase 3 Water and Sanitary Sewer Improvements |
2026 |
$6,500,000 |
|
Major Mill and Overlay |
2026 |
$337,000 |
|
State Highway 107 Project |
2027 |
$317,000 |
|
Sanitary Sewer Lift Stations |
2028 |
$1,600,000 |
|
Water Treatment Plant Rehab |
Unknown |
750,000.00 |
|
County Road 66 |
Unknown |
458,000 |
Right of Way Permit
A permit is required for all work done in the city's right of way. Please click here for a permit application.
Summer Readiness
Mosquito spraying is done in the summer dependent upon weather conditions. The pellets used target only mosquito larva and will not harm humans, pets, or the bees.
Winter Readiness
No parking is permitted on any city street, city owned parking lot, or public right of way from November 1 to April 1 between the hours of 2 am to 7 am.
It is the responsibility of the owner or occupant of property fronting on any sidewalk within the City of Braham to keep the sidewalk on which their property fronts clear of snow and ice, and to remove all snow within 24 hours after each snowfall. This includes any snow plowed from public streets onto the sidewalk.
Property owners cannot put snow on City streets. This becomes a danger on the roadway to snowplow drivers and the traveling public.