Residents are invited to celebrate National Public Works Week (NPWW) from May 19 to 25, 2019.
NPWW is a fun way to show the community what we do!
Open house on May 25 in Ajax
The Region of Durham’s Works Department has been celebrating NPWW annually for the past 18 years and this year's free event is scheduled for Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Join us at the Works maintenance depot in Ajax (2020 Salem Road, Ajax) where children can explore our truck and equipment display, play games, visit a face painter and more! Learn how we have incorporated drone technology into public works. Staff from various areas of the Works Department, such as Waste Management and Technical Support, will be on hand to educate residents about our programs and services.
Please bring a non-perishable food item to support local food banks. If you are attending our open house and require accessible accommodations, please contact 1-800-372-1102 ext. 2834 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.
Can't make it in person? Learn more about the Works Department by taking a virtual tour of some of our facilities and hear from our Water Champions about working at a water pollution control plant:
The Works Department provides our communities with safe roads, clean drinking water, recycling, composting and waste disposal programs, as well as many more operations that impact our daily lives.
Join us at our National Public Works Week open house to find out how we work for you!
NPWW is an annual event recognizing and celebrating public works professionals across the country. For 2019, the theme for NPWW is It Starts Here. This theme represents the many facets of modern civilization that grow out of the efforts put forth by the public works professionals across North America. What starts here? Infrastructure starts with public works. Growth and innovation starts with public works. Mobility starts with public works. Security starts with public works. Healthy communities start with public works. The bottom line is that citizens' quality of life starts with public works.
We value our communities and the role public works professionals play in keeping them safe and functioning smoothly. We want to increase public awareness of their contributions as well as to enlighten the public about the duties, practices, and goals of public works professionals.
Public works professionals include those who manage water, sewer, public transportation, and waste removal systems as well as those responsible for maintaining public buildings and grounds. They are, in short, the people who maintain and improve the systems and services vital to a community’s health, safety and comfort.
Throughout NPWW, the Region of Durham Works Department supports a variety of initiatives to raise awareness and understanding of the impact that public works have on the daily lives of people who live and work in Durham.
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