The City of Springfield, Illinois, will spend $5.5 million on vehicle purchases, but city officials expect it could be up to a year before the new vehicles arrive.
The DPW began an evaluation of the technology in 2018, when the Optimus system was installed on six garbage and recycling trucks. The Vector System allows these medium- and heavy-duty vehicles to run on pure biodiesel
Designed to help government agencies better manage vehicles such as salt spreaders, snowplows, street sweepers, and waste management vehicles, the Geotab Public Works solution is integrated with an extensive number of spreader controllers.
The city will qualify to be reimbursed 50% of the total cost of the two new sanitation trucks from grants.
The City of Boulder, Colo., has restructured its Public Works Department, moving fleet management from Public Works to a newly created Facilities & Fleet Department.
The City of Sioux Falls, S.D., is abolishing its Central Services Department and moving fleet management back to the Public Works Department.
The Department of Public Works in Lancaster, Pa., is poised to begin construction on its 35,000-square-foot operations center, which includes a fleet maintenance facility.
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