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Audit flags gaps in DPW street-progress reporting; council asks for fuller monthly updates
Summary
An audit released to the Worcester City Council found missing monthly DPW construction-progress reports and an online reporting system that omits smaller project categories; the council asked the manager and DPW to produce more inclusive, timely reports.
A city auditor’s review of Department of Public Works (DPW) construction-progress reporting found long gaps in monthly reporting and that the current online system omits smaller project types such as sidewalks, private-street conversions and certain drainage or guardrail work.
The auditor told the council that across a five-year window only a small number of the expected monthly progress reports appeared in the compiled record and that some citizen-petitioned street repairs remained on lists for many years without clear completion. The report also…
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