The Office of the City Engineer manages the evaluation, maintenance, and repair of our street infrastructure systems including bridges and the right-of-way. The Office of the City Engineer oversees six groups including pavement maintenance management, bridge maintenance management, customer service and underpass cleanup management, asset management, right-of-way (ROW) investigations, and engineering reviews.
Pavement Maintenance Management
We employ various strategies to improve and maintain City of Austin-owned roadway surfaces. Scheduled preventative maintenance helps prolong the lifespan of these surfaces by protecting them from aging, cracking, deterioration, and water infiltration.
Review our street maintenance map and learn more about the pavement treatment types.
Bridge Maintenance Management
Our goal is to keep the City of Austin’s bridges in good serviceable condition by prioritizing and planning for preventative or repair maintenance, rehabilitation, or replacement. We maintain an inventory and condition data on major bridges, small structures, pedestrian bridges, retaining walls, and safety barriers. The team performs inspection and repairs on bridge structures, coordinates with other stakeholders on bridge maintenance and management, and reviews design and construction plans of bridges and related assets.
Learn more about Street and Bridge Operations.
Engineering Reviews
The engineering review team ensures the quality and compliance of infrastructure within the right-of-way (ROW). We provide technical reviews of various development plans, oversee locally-produced construction materials for use in the city's ROW, and develop and update city specifications and standards.
We are actively working to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete mixes used in City projects in line with the Austin Climate Equity Plan. We track concrete usage, collect reports from concrete suppliers, and prepare for the implementation of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for concrete mixes. We aim to promote environmentally responsible practices in our engineering processes to ensure our infrastructure development is sustainable and efficient.