Community Engagement
Adopt-a-Road or Median
The Adopt-A-Road/Median Program can be your ticket to participation in a cleaner, neater community.
Community Meetings
DPW&T enjoys being out in the community. Every year, DPW&T participates in scores of H.O.A., civic association, and community meetings, sharing information about the Department and answering citizens’ questions.
Growing Green With Pride
Each spring and fall, the county hosts a countywide community cleaning program. This event supports our initiative to make our community cleaner and greener by conducting individual community plantings and coordinating beautification activities throughout the county.
Visit Growing Green With Pride
Prince George's County Beautification Awards
The Prince George's County Beautification Awards, a product of the County's Beautification Committee, celebrates people who help shape the County's aesthetic through landscaping and gardening.
Visit County Beautification Awards
Right Tree, Right Place Program
DPW&T partners with the Neighborhood Design Center for the Right Tree, Right Place Program. The program focuses on removing diseased, dying, and/or hazardous street trees in communities, and replacing them with trees built to thrive in a street tree environment.
Visit Right Tree, Right Place Program
Snow & Ice Control
When a snow emergency is declared, the Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) is responsible for providing “passable” conditions on a network of more than 1,900 miles of county-maintained roadways to ensure the safety of residents, citizens, and travelers.
Street Lights
The Street Lighting Section is responsible for street light installation in both developed and new areas. Learn more about the requirements for new requests and repair requests.
Vision Zero
Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. This includes people who walk, bike, drive, and use transit.