The Wellesley Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for a wide range of services that keeps the town running smoothly. Services include:
- Infrastructure maintenance: The Highway Division of the DPW maintains roads, bridges, sidewalks, street signs, and all surface and subsurface drainage systems to provide for safe vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
- Water and sewer services: The Water and Sewer Division of the DPW provides clean water to residents and businesses, and collects and treats wastewater.
- Solid waste management: Trash and recyclables are brought by residents to the Recycling and Disposal Facility. (The town does not have a curbside collection program.)
- Parks and recreation: The Park and Tree Division of the DPW maintains parks, playgrounds, conservation land, and other open spaces.
DPW updates
Roadwork Continues July 22 – August 1, 2024
The Department of Public Works will continue summer roadwork beginning on Monday, July 22 and continuing through August 1, 2024
Paving crews are scheduled for the following streets starting on July 22, weather permitting: Pond Road, Cedar Street (from Hunnewell Street to the town line), Harvard Street, Summit Road, and Dewing Path.
Please note: Forest Street will be paved during the overnight hours beginning at 7pm on Monday night and ending at 8am on Tuesday morning. Detours will be in place overnight.
Other crews will continue with Phase 2 of the cape sealing work that began earlier this month. This work involves micro-surfacing, which seals road where asphalt and stone chips were applied a few weeks ago in Phase 1 of this project.
This material requires about an hour to set before cars can drive on the new surface. Homeowners have been notified by the DPW about this work.
The specific roads to be treated, weather permitting, are:
Baystate Road, Damien Road, Edmunds Road, Fairbanks Road, Fiske Road, Kipling Road, Saunders Terrace, Tennyson Road, Beechwood Terrace, Berkley Road Garrison Road, Leewood Road, Nobscot Road, Shirley Road, Avon Road, Carlton Road, Elliot Street, Middlesex Road, Solon Street, Woodbine Road, Clifford Street, Cottonwood Road, Swarthmore Road, Wilson Street, and Berkshire
Questions? Please contact the DPW Highway Division at 781-235-7600 ext. 3325.