This project replaces a 1970s era building on Kings Highway that currently serves as the site for Solid Waste and an even-older compound on Mansfield Road at Claiborne Avenue where Streets and Drainage is located. The City has purchased a site on West 70th Street that formerly served as the offices and yard for an oilfield service company. Water & Sewer’s Field operations group will take over the existing building. The Biomedical Research Foundation (BRF) is working with the City on an agreement where the City would trade the property it is now using for W&S and Public Works in exchange for cash equal to the value of the land and improvements. These funds will be used to develop the 70th Street site, but are not enough to construct the new HQ building for Public Works. The site will house Traffic Engineering, Solid Waste, Fleet Services, and Streets and Drainage. Both departments will share the paved yard for vehicle and equipment parking and supply storage.