Public Counter Hours Effective 10/2/2023:
7:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday-Thursday
Closed on Fridays

Welcome to the City of Palm Springs Engineering Services Department online. On this site you will be able to obtain information regarding private development guidelines, standard City construction details, department forms and applications, and construction and public utility related road closures/detours. If you are looking for project currently out for bid, please visit the Procurement and Contracting Department page.

Engineering Services is responsible for street, curb, signal design and maintenance, capital project design for street, sewer and storm drain, checking and approving City improvement plans, subdivision maps and lot line adjustments, traffic information including counts, speed studies, traffic signs and traffic signals, legal descriptions and property information, flood control information, construction inspection, public Right of Way dedication and vacation.

Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Interactive Map

Apply for Encroachment/Construction Permit

Report a Street Issue

Report Dumping into Storm Drain

Riverside County Watershed Protection

Riverside County Watershed - Whitewater River

Report Dumping into Storm Drain 

• Engineering Services

  • APPLICATION: Encroachment-Construction Permit

  • APPLICATION: Encroachment Agreements

  • APPLICATION: Temporary Permit for Moving Container or Construction Trash Bin

  • APPLICATION: Property & Right-of-Way Adjustments

  • Annual Roadway Maintenance

  • Bids and Proposals

  • Engineering Design

  • Flood Insurance Information

  • • Elevation Certificate

    • Flood Map Adjustment Certificate

    • A Note about Using Sandbags

  • Pavement Management System

  • Private Development

  • • Standard Drawings and Plan Check Documents
    • Grading Certification Form (Eff. July 1, 2018)
      

• Field Engineering Services

  • Dust Control
  • Benchmarks
  • Monument Ties
  • Storm Water Programs

• Staff Directory

• Desert Water Agency

• Report an Issue

• Southern California Edison

• Report a Street Light Out
  
• Scheduled Utility Outages

• Traffic Signal Maintenance

• Email us with a Traffic Signal Issue or CALL 760-323-8253 X8750

• Traffic Management Center

  • Apply for a Transportation Permit
  • 2013 Speed Zone Survey
  • Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 7
  • Traffic Calming
  • Traffic Data (Traffic Counts)
  • Street Closure Information
  • Traffic Investigation Request
  • Traffic Zoning

• Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Sanitary Sewer Management Plan (Jan. 2014)
  • Street Cleaning Schedule

• External Links

• Caltrans District 8