Engineering
Responsibilities
Contact
A. Kent Shelton
Assistant Director
Physical Address: 427 Patton St. Danville, VA 24541
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3300
Danville,
VA
24543
Ph: (434) 799-5019 ext. 250
Fx: (434) 797-8919
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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 Department of Conservation and Recreation 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
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