City of Mount Holly

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To report street, sidewalk, or street sign repairs, please contact (704) 827-9726.

Our Mission: Provide the Citizens of Mount Holly with an affordable refuse collection service that disposes of residential solid waste in a sanitary, timely and convenient manner.

The Mount Holly Streets & Solid Waste Division provides residential refuse and yard waste collection and over maintenance of City streets, sidewalks, gutters, right-of-ways, and street signs. 

On average, the City of Mount Holly collects 4,273 tons of household garbage each year from 5,500 homes and businesses. The City currently operates with several trucks that deliver a combined monthly average of 69 loads of garbage to the Gaston County Landfill located in Dallas, North Carolina.

The City of Mount Holly consists of a road system of over 101 miles of paved roads and 33 miles of sidewalks. Mount Holly is responsible for maintenance and repairs on 67 miles of roads, 33 miles of sidewalks, right-of-way maintenance and street sign maintenance. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is responsible for maintaining the remaining 35 miles of roads. More than $145 million in funding was expended in 2013 to assist municipalities to pay for road projects across North Carolina, courtesy of North Carolina Department of Transportation's State Street Aid funds.

POWELL BILL FUND

The State Street Aid funding, more commonly known as the Powell Bill Fund, comes from revenue generated by the state gas tax and highway user fees. NCDOT distributed $145.6 million to 507 separate municipalities in 2013.

NCDOT requires that Powell Bill funds be expended only for the purposes of maintaining, repairing, constructing, reconstructing or widening any street or public thoroughfare within the municipal limits or for planning, construction, and maintenance of bikeways, greenways or sidewalks.

The Powell Bill Fund was created in 1951 and has since allocated $3.8 billion to various North Carolina municipalities. A formula, created by the North Carolina General Assembly, determines how much municipalities receive from this funding. According to the formula, about 75 percent of the funds are awarded based on population, while 25 percent is based on the municipalities' street miles. Various city departments all play a key role in the development of our highway projects.