Mission
The Maintenance Division is responsible for maintaining and preserving a safe and well-lit transportation network, road maintenance and facility repairs to our city's infrastructure.
The Maintenance Division is comprised of the following:
Street Lighting
The Street Lighting group oversees the installation, maintenance and repair of all (80,000 +) street lights throughout the city of Baltimore. In addition, this group installs and maintains lighting and electrical services at city festivals, events and departmental facilities.
Roadway Maintenance
The Roadway Maintenance group maintains and preserves 2,000 miles of roadways and 800 miles of alleys. This includes potholes, street repairs, curb repairs and handicap ramps. This group also maintains right-of-ways, medians and transportation properties. In addition, this group is responsible for the City's snow removal plans and the placement and maintenance of all salt boxes.
Bridge Maintenance
The Bridge Maintenance group maintains the City's 300 bridges, which includes 2 drawbridges and 17 pedestrian bridges. This group is also responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of all public benches. In addition, this group installs, maintains and repairs all guard rails and fencing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.
Facility Maintenance
The Facility Maintenance group maintains and repairs all of the Department of Transportation facilities. This group also performs carpentry functions including the fabrication of salt boxes, "street closed" barricades and bench boards.
Parking Meters
The Maintenance Division is responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of all parking meters throughout the City of Baltimore. The Division also maintains pavement markings on metered lots.
Inner Harbor Maintenance
The Inner Harbor Maintenance Division is responsible for all maintenance and repairs of lighting, electrical, masonry, landscaping, plumbing and carpentry of the Inner Harbor area and promenade as well as the city owned piers. The Division also maintains and repairs Hopkins Plaza, Charles Center and Rash Field as well as all of the fountains located throughout the city.
Signs and Markings
This facility fabricates and installs thousands of signs annually. Those signs include traffic and parkway signs and procedural signs for identification of city facilities. In addition, they develop stickers for stadium parking signs, parking passes banners etc. Specialty assignments include painting on the roadway for the Preakness and Baseball season. This facility is also responsible for the installation of roadway markings and crosswalks.