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Public Works updates: winter donations, major overlays and drainage designs coming to Cottonwood Heights
Summary
Public Works Director Matt Shipp told the City Council the department delivered a second annual winter donation drive, has swept 4,000+ lane miles and completed multiple overlay and sidewalk projects; staff will bring agreements and designs (Highland rehab, Fort Union/Highland study, storm-drain master plan) to future meetings for approval.
Matt Shipp, the city’s public works department head, gave the City Council a quarterly operations report at the Jan. 6 Cottonwood Heights City Council business meeting. He said the department’s second annual winter donation drive delivered more than 500 pairs of hats, gloves and socks to the Road Home and that staff plan to continue the effort as a tradition. "We received over 500 pair of hats, gloves, and socks that we were able to deliver," Shipp said.
Shipp summarized maintenance metrics and recent capital work. He told the council crews swept more than 4,000 lane miles and collected roughly 375 tons of debris last year, cleaned about 1,800 storm-drain grates and inlets, and placed approximately 350 tons of asphalt on pothole repairs. He said paving and mill-and-overlay work…
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