Engineering

Responsibilities

The Engineering Division is responsible for the survey, design, construction inspection, and contract administration for municipal construction projects for the City of Danville. The division oversees:

• Bridge maintenance - Engineering oversees maintenance of 41 bridges in the City of Danville, including repairs and safety inspections that are performed each year
• Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) construction projects - Engineering oversees CIP construction projects of street improvements, utility extensions, storm drains, and traffic signals
• Construction stormwater management - The City of Danville is required by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) to implement a Stormwater Management Program
• Permits - The City of Danville requires that certain permits be obtained before specific work commences on private property, which apply to commercial and residential work
• Street resurfacing
• Traffic control

Services Provided

• Maintaining an extensive drawing database of subdivision plats, old construction drawings, stormwater, and sanitary sewer main location maps, which may be reproduced for the public for a nominal fee
• Producing site-specific planimetric, topographic, and aerial photographic information for a nominal fee
• Issuing permits, including:
  • Curb cut permits for new residential driveways
  • Erosion and sediment control permits
  • Land disturbance permits
• Investigating and resolving citizen complaints regarding stormwater problems in accordance with the stormwater committee's recommendations