How to Use public works in a Sentence

public works

plural noun

• One of these was to build great public works—most notably, the bridge to Sicily.
  — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
• Kyle’s public works director, Harper Wilder, praised the idea for the sale in the news release.
  — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Dec. 2021
• Trucks from the city’s fire, public works, and EMS will be available for hands-on demonstrations.
  — cleveland, 21 July 2023
• Across Europe and the U.S. unlikely art thieves have tried to steal Banksy’s public works.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
• Members were set to confirm Kent Kohlhase to the role of public works director.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Columbia Parkway was built in the 1930s as a public works project.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2021
• Roads around much of the city are still slick from ice, said public works director Ali Hatefi.
  — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
• In 1981, a public works project in the area unearthed a bar of melted Aztec gold — a small part of the loot that the Spanish soldiers dropped in their retreat.
  — Maria Verza, ajc, 13 Aug. 2021
• The House passed the $1 trillion bill on Nov. 5 to rebuild the country’s aging public works system.
  — New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
• There are around 7,500 streetlights in the city, said Dan Johnson, the city’s public works director.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Dec. 2021
• The 46 acres near the dry Salt River house the city's public works, compost yard and recycling services.
  — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2022
• But these are the kinds of public works that, in other forms, win progressive approval.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• That means time and money for the city’s code enforcement and public works teams, which then have to dispatch staff to remove the debris.
  — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
• The unemployed would be put to work in slum clearance, road building and other public works projects.
  — Michael Bernick, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• The first is a rare $1 trillion bipartisan public works bill passed the Senate this summer, but is bogged down in the House.
  — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2021
• In the last year, public works teams have responded to 3,200 encampments in Long Beach, according to the memo.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• These proposals would put forth venues and public works that best capture the soul and vitality of the city.
  — Michael Snidal, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
• Critics claimed that Moses’s public works projects often came at the expanse of people of color.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 June 2022
• Robert Knecht, Memphis’ public works director, said Thursday night said that 225 trees had been downed on the city's streets.
  — NBC News, 6 Feb. 2022
• Also, a food scrap drop off program at the Temple Court side of the village’s public works garage will continue.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• In 2006, he was hired for his current position as the director of public works.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2021
• The legislation says all the projects after the first two prisons will follow the standard public works bid law.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 3 Oct. 2021
• The city’s payment does not reflect the full amount each school receives from the Classic—or the full cost to the city, which pays police, fire, EMS, public works, and stadium staff.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 12 Nov. 2022
• Chris Brown, the city's public works director, asked the council to approve the agreement before Sept. 30, when a new state law will take effect.
  — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2023
• Alex Garcia, the city’s deputy director of public works, said that the new bridge will be finished this October.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
• Naperville Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis said city switched gears after the resort city failed to pick up the vehicle, which has been sitting in the city’s public works garage for a year and a half.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022
• House Speaker Pelosi has promised centrists a vote on the more modest $1 trillion public works package.
  — Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2021
• All work will be contracted and-or performed through the city’s public works department.
  — cleveland, 6 June 2022
• Lebanon's minister of public works and transport, Ali Hamieh, told reporters at the scene that 23 people were still missing.
  — Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2024
• The law requires that the workforce on all public works projects be composed of a minimum of 90% Illinois resident laborers.
  — Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024