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Aging Hartford fleet drives repair budget up; DPW leaders outline long replacement timeline
Summary
DPW said 85% of its fleet is past useful life, repair costs are rising and replacement lead times are long; officials described a possible $25 million lease purchase for fire and DPW apparatus over five years to begin addressing fleet age.
Christopher Hayes, director of the Department of Public Works, told the council the department’s repair line increased substantially because most heavy equipment and trucks have exceeded their useful lives and increasingly require expensive repairs.
Hayes said 85% of DPW vehicles are past their useful life and provided cost examples: he told council members that a six‑wheel dump truck purchased in 2006 cost about $104,000 then but would cost roughly $270,000 in FY26. He also said replacing a nine‑year‑old rear‑load compressed natural gas trash truck engine would cost approximately $80,000 in labor and parts,…
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