Our Services
The Department of Public Works serves the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County, providing public services and operating facilities that benefit the community as well as County employees and clients of County agencies.
![Trees and a paved windy road](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2x1_004000_160x80_100/public/migrated/body/publicworks.smcgov.org/sites/publicworks.smcgov.org/files/roads-tile-img.jpg?itok=51WkuJR2)
![metal circular cover with a label reading sewer](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2x1_004000_160x80_100/public/migrated/body/publicworks.smcgov.org/sites/publicworks.smcgov.org/files/sewer-1.jpg?itok=nerPO-WD)
![Three white propeller airplanes parked at airport](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2x1_004000_160x80_100/public/migrated/body/publicworks.smcgov.org/sites/publicworks.smcgov.org/files/airports-2.jpg?itok=Ysr2n2hv)
![screenshot of a printed map of San Mateo County](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2x1_004000_160x80_100/public/migrated/body/publicworks.smcgov.org/sites/publicworks.smcgov.org/files/surveying-tile-img.jpg?itok=iFhg0pde)
Our Projects
The Department of Public Works is involved in the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects within the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. Our mission is to provide the public with safe, accessible roads and structures that make their communities more livable.
![Reconstruction of 8th Ave and 16th Ave (North Fair Oaks Area) Vicinity Map](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2x1_004000_160x80_100/public/2023-12/ZVM_E5091_VICINITY_MAP_1-5091.png?itok=t9JINgQr)
![canada road 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2x1_004000_160x80_100/public/2023-09/canada_0.jpg?itok=8Q6wNh0b)
![Map of the Santa Cruz Avenue Corridor](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2x1_004000_160x80_100/public/2021-11/map-santacruzave-alameda_0.png?itok=SiGv7Mc9)