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This Division is responsible for the publics safe use of all parks, streets, sidewalks, municipal building grounds, beaches, tennis courts, ball fields, and greens. Some of its activities include:

Streets - plow/sand, pave, and patch potholes. Line striping, sweeping, curb repair and installation, catch-basin cleaning, repair and installation of drainage systems, road side mowing, installation of street and traffic signs. (Milford has approximately 970 streets, which include 33 private, 28 in Woodmont, 8 on State roads and 35 paper streets.) We are responsible for 194.9 miles of streets and eleven bridges.

Sidewalks - repair or replace damaged municipal sidewalks. Shovel snow and sand walks around city buildings.

Parks/playgrounds - mowing, flower planting, seed/loam, repair/install playground equipment, stripe/mow ball fields.

Beaches - daily cleaning during summer months. Maintenance/installation of seawalls, fishmouth valves, tide-gates, and other drainage as required. Maintain public rights-of-way to beaches.

Trees - plant new trees; remove dead or diseased trees and stumps. Trim low hanging branches from sidewalks and streets.