Street Department

The Louisburg Street Department works continuously to keep City streets in good condition. Maintenance of the City streets includes asphalt repairs, pothole repairs, street sweeping, storm drain maintenance, and street cleaning.

The street sweeping operation extends beyond City owned streets to include many paved streets owned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), within the city limits. Major streets are swept on a weekly basis which cleans debris from gutters that cause flooding and contamination of the Tar River. Maintenance of the sidewalks on these streets consists of repairing cracks, holes, gapes, and levelness.

The Street Department is responsible for the maintenance of street identification signs and traffic warning signs such as stop and yield signs on all municipal streets. Such signage on NCDOT streets are the sole responsibility of NCDOT.

The Louisburg Street Department has many other responsibilities including maintenance of public right of ways, public parks, public cemeteries, and removal of curbside household trash and yard debris.

Curbside Trash and Yard Debris Removal

Household trash consists of miscellaneous debris and discarded materials within the household. Examples such as old furniture, scrap materials, and yard debris can be placed at the curbside and then removed by Town staff. During the fall season the Street department pickups leaves that have been properly placed at the curbside. The Town of Louisburg is subject to waste disposal regulations established by Cop0unty, State and Federal agencies. Specific rules and prohibitions are required as they are established for the disposal of materials at the Franklin County Landfill.

Household GARBAGE (food items, containers, scrap food, etc.) is collected by Waste Industries on Mondays and Thursdays. All garbage must be in appropriate storage containers and placed such that garbage collectors can access the cans. All rules regarding trash pickup are outlined in the Trash Pickup Guidelines

When available, citizens may request that a city truck be left on their property for loading of debris of an extremely large volume. This allows for the citizen to directly place such material directly into the truck without having to carry the material to the streets for collection. Availability of this service is subject to demand, type of material, and volume of load. Please contact Banks Denton, Street Dept. Supt. to arrange for the truck use.