Engineering Services Duties

  • Land Surveying/Engineering 
  • Investigating, evaluating, designing and overseeing construction of many types of civil engineering projects for the public’s well-being.
  • Any and all issues of land surveying, property line location, right-of-way and easement locations, encroachments, elevations, etc.
  • Controlling the public right-of-way and any encroachments into the right-of-way.
  • Surveying City-owned properties and preparing drawings of same.
  • Responsible for the paving of dirt streets within the City.
  • Responsible for storm drainage improvements; charged with carrying out the Federal Mandate on Non-Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems.
  • The City’s liaison with the Georgia Department of Transportation, all utility companies who operate within the public right-of-way, and other State and Federal agencies that are involved in engineering.
  • Maintaining records and maps of the City.
  • Issuing permits to authorized contractors and utility companies who need to excavate within the right-of-way of a city street; coordinating the repair after the contractor has completed his work. 
  • Issuing land disturbance and floodplain permits for contractors/developers prior to them beginning construction. 
  • Measuring distances to insure that businesses wishing to sell alcoholic beverages meet the minimum distance requirements from schools, churches and hospitals.
  • Investigating citizen requests for engineering services. 
  • Continue to regulate and enforce Stormwater Management Regulations, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Rules on all new development in City.

 

Engineering Services General Information:
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Telephone Number: (478) 751-7180
Fax: (478) 751-7998
Address: 682 Cherry St.
Macon, Ga. 31201

Engineering Services Department Manager:
Danny Tavakol, Interim City Engineer
danny.tavakol@macon.ga.us

Additional Staff Members:
Jim Johnson, Engineer
Tim Clay
Danny Smallwood

 

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