Governor Proclaims National Public Works Week 2024

NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK

2024

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, sustainable communities in North Carolina depend on public works infrastructure to ensure our health, safety, and well-being; and

WHEREAS, public works professionals, engineers, managers, state and local governments, and private sector employees plan, design, build, operate, and maintain transportation, water supplies, sewage and refuse disposal systems, public buildings, and other structures and facilities essential to serving our residents; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest for all people living in North Carolina to gain knowledge of and maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of the importance of public works and public works programs in their communities; and

WHEREAS, this year marks the 64th annual National Public Works Week, a time to celebrate the tens of thousands of men and women in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and public work services collectively; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina joins the American Public Works Association, and other interested agencies and organizations, in recognizing the contributions of public works professionals to the health, safety, and welfare of North Carolina;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 19 – 25, 2024, as “NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

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Roy Cooper

Governor

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.