2025 Public Service Award Nominations are open! 

Category: Public Works

Third Street Improvement Project Weekly Update – 06/16/2023

The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic  closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. THIS WEEK June 12 – June 16 Construction crews excavated for a new … Continued

Third Street Improvement Project Weekly Update – 06/09/2023

The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic  closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. THIS WEEK June 5 – June 9 Construction crews excavated for the new … Continued

Third Street Improvement Project Weekly Update – 06/02/2023

The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic  closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. THIS WEEK May 29 – June 2: Construction crews pulled fiber optic cable … Continued

Third Street Improvement Project – 05/26/2023 weekly update

The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic  closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. THIS WEEK   May 22 – May 26 Construction crews replaced the sanitary sewer … Continued

Third Street Improvement Project – 05/19/2023 weekly update

The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic  closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. THIS WEEK   May 15 – May 19 Construction crews replaced the sanitary sewer … Continued

Fire Station 55 – Construction update

Fire Station 55 is going through an exciting new phase of construction! Michael Paul Company is “breaking ground” (literally) at Fire Station 55 in preparation for the new hardscape. Plans for this hardscape include new parking lot, light poles, and refreshing the asphalt that carpets the drive‐in entrance of the fire station grounds. We look … Continued

State of the City dinner

The Department of Public Works Parks Division is integral to maintaining the City. They work tirelessly to maintain the City’s Parks to maximize the enjoyment for San Rafael residents and visitors. They maintain the City’s many roadsides and medians, performing major pruning, weed suppression, and trimming. They play a crucial role in pre-storm preparations in … Continued

Kerner Boulevard vegetation clean up

On Monday, the Parks department was on Kerner Blvd, weeding and trimming the trees in the medians between Larkspur St and Sonoma St.  Parking isn’t allowed on Mondays in the area to allow for street sweeping.  The Parks Department utilizes this time when the roadway is open to complete the work.  The sweeper comes through … Continued

Emergency mainline repair work

After the playground area at Parkside Daycare was recently flooded, Parks personnel had to make an emergency repair on the 4” irrigation mainline that feeds water to the Albert Park ballfield.  Parks Maintenance division member Matt Scales is shown placing the new valve box over the shut-off valve for the irrigation line.

Citywide street marking repainting

Road markings are essential to maintain the control of traffic streets and highways.  Faded pavement markings can lead to dangerous driving conditions as they diminish visibility and make it harder for motorists to determine the correct driving protocol in certain areas, especially at night. Paint crews have been out repainting faded street markings and legends. To … Continued

Close window