Public Works

Lake Worth Public Works Department Improvements

The City of Lake Worth Public Works Department has had many exciting improvements to the department throughout the last year. In May of 2021 Mike Christenson retired from the Fire Department after 30 years and was appointed Director of Public Works. A few months later Gloria Rangel was hired for the position of Public Works Administrative Assistant. Gloria has over 5 years of municipal water experience!

Public Works Facility Improvements:

Public Works is happy to report several major projects that were completed over the last year. These much-needed projects were made possible with the support of the City Council and City Administration. The first major project was the remodel of the Public Works facility. This included a total make over to the main building, new office spaces, kitchen, bathrooms with showers and a large locker room, and a large multi-purpose room and crew staging area. The existing equipment storage facility was completely closed in and included the installation of three garage doors, concrete floors, insulation, and heaters. This will help protect our equipment from the outside elements and extend the overall life cycle of the equipment. Lastly, the Public Works facility had a new drive approach constructed making the site more friendly to the public and added fencing to ensure the facility is more secure.

New Equipment:

The Public Works Department is excited to announce the delivery of the new Peterbilt dump truck. This piece of equipment plays a vital role in the day-to-day operations of our Street Departments. In addition, the Street Department took delivery of a new sand spreader. This piece of equipment arrived just in time for our most recent winter storm. In a short amount of time the sand spreader has proved to be a major asset to the city of Lake Worth.

The Sewer Department is keeping the new Sewer Jetter very busy! This apparatus is primarily used for clearing and checking sewer lines throughout the city. The value in this piece of equipment is its ability to be deployed quickly in an emergency with minimal personnel required for operation. Work should start on these in late spring of 2022.

The City of Fort Worth has partnered with the City of Lake Worth to rehab the low water crossing on Comanche Creek. This will be a significant improvement to this area during rain events, with completion of the project in early 2024. Stay tuned for more information on this project.

In closing, there have been many improvements and upgrades that have contributed to a stronger and more dedicated department enabling us to better serve our most important resource, our community.

Upcoming Projects

Now let’s take a minute and look at the projects that will impact our city and its citizens. During the last year we saw the completion of the rehab project to all of Hiawatha Trail. This project included the installation of new water and sewer lines, concrete curb and gutter, drive approaches and an asphalt roadway. The Public Works department is looking forward to getting started with the installation of new water and sewer lines, concrete curb, gutter and drive approaches and installation of a new asphalt roadway on Pueblo Trail. This work is projected to start at the end of March 2022. In addition, there are ten (10) local streets that will be overlayed with cement slurry this spring. These include:

- Delaware Trail - Lakewood Drive - Shawnee Trail - Caddo Trail - Tejas Trail - Church Drive - Sue Court - Circle Trail - Big Bend Trail - Canyon Trail