Engineering

Responsibilities
The Engineering Department:
  • Provides the various Town boards, committees, and departments with civil engineering and land surveying expertise
  • Designs public works-type projects
  • Obtains the necessary permits and approvals for them
  • Assigns street numbers to properties in the Town in accordance with Town Bylaw E1
  • Manages connections to the public sewer system and construction within public right-of-ways
Information available in the Engineering Department includes:
  • Recorded property deeds and plot plans
  • Road layouts & stormwater/sewer utility information
  • FEMA flood maps
  • Subdivision & Special Permit plans
  • Aerial photos of Acton
  • Historical maps of Acton