The Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining town …More href="http://www.newcanaan.info/content/293/319/867/default.aspx">roads</a> and bridges (the ones without route numbers), including filling potholes and winter plowing. </p> <p>The department tends to the public <a href="http://www.newcanaan.info/content/293/319/639/default.aspx">parks</a> and school grounds, as well as public buildings like Town Hall.</p> <p>It manages the town's <a href="http://www.newcanaan.info/content/293/319/9045/default.aspx">drainage</a> and <a href="http://www.newcanaan.info/content/293/319/877/default.aspx">waste water</a> systems and the <a href="http://www.newcanaan.info/content/293/319/873/default.aspx">transfer station</a> for garbage and recyclables. </p> <p>The department's <a href="http://www.newcanaan.info/content/293/319/637/default.aspx">Engineering Office</a> issues road opening, sewer, and driveway permits.</p> <p>If a tree falls on town property and you hear it, call the <a href="http://www.newcanaan.info/content/293/319/875/default.aspx">Tree Warden</a>, whose office is also part of Public Works.</p>