Public Works Projects

Public Works Projects are one of the player's responsibilities as Mayor in their town, along with enacting Town Ordinances. These Projects allow the Mayor to customize their Town by adding new buildings, upgrading existing buildings, or by placing landmarks and features in areas around the town proper or Main Street. Only one project can be active at any given time, and a town can feature a maximum of 30 at a time. After a Project is complete, a celebration will occur with villagers present and Isabelle announcing the completed project.

Public Works Projects are similar to Community Projects seen in and, as well as Town Fund projects in  which allowed the player to add new features such as the Windmill, Lighthouse, Water Fountain, and a new Bridge, but many more options are available in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Projects can be discontinued while under construction or demolished if already complete; discontinuing a project forfeits any donations put toward it up to that point, while demolishing a project requires paying a fee of 10% of the project's original cost. Projects will not be built during event days, and if an event day coincides with a celebration for completing a project, then the celebration will be delayed until the next day.

The projects are not available on the first day the player moves in to the town.

Café
Requested as a project by villagers after the Museum's second floor has been built and the player has donated 50 items to the Museum. It may be placed at any sufficiently large space in the player's town and cannot be removed. It costs 298,000 Bells.

The café is run by Brewster, who also provides Gyroid storage. After buying enough coffee, Brewster will allow the player to take a cup of coffee to go, and eventually offer a part-time job serving coffee to villagers in return for coffee beans and café appliances.

Campsite
It is 59,800 Bells to build and can only be built once. It cannot be removed. When a visitor comes to the campsite in the winter, it will be an igloo, but the other 3 seasons it will have a tent. This gives the Player a chance to bring over a camper into their town by talking to him or her a numerous amount of times, enough for them to do so. This Public Works Project is available from the beginning.

Dream Suite
This is located right next to Club LOL, which is owned by Luna. This is a new feature that allows you to visit Mayor's saved towns using dream codes or just by searching town names, which costs 400 Bells. This community project is 372,000 Bells to build, and can not be removed. Unlocked 7 days after first community project.

Instrument Center
A weather forecasting center that can be checked to see what the next day's weather will be. Costs 42,000 Bells.

Police Station
There are two designs for the Police Station, but only one station can be placed at any given time in the town. By choosing each station, the player is also choosing whether to have either Booker or Copper.

Each station costs 264,000 Bells. Neither designs are available at the beginning, but villagers will ask for a police station as a project.

Museum Second Floor
Requested by Blathers when the player has been Mayor for 14 days and donated 20 items to the Museum, with at least one item in each of the four exhibit categories (fish, insects, fossils, and art). Speak to Blathers at night, when he is awake. The project costs 198,000 Bells.

The Second Floor includes a gift shop, which sells Silver Tools, and four exhibit rooms run by Celeste which cost 10,000 Bells each to open. The player may use these rooms to display their own exhibits.

Town Hall Remodel
The Town Hall can be remodeled using a choice of 3 other designs. The player must first have a Perfect Town rating.


 * Town Hall (Default) - 498,000 Bells
 * Town Hall (Japanese) - 498,000 Bells
 * Town Hall (Fairy Tale) - 498,000 Bells
 * Town Hall (Modern) - 498,000 Bells

Train Station Remodel
The Train Station can be remodeled into a choice of 3 other designs. The player must first be visited by other players over 100 times before the option is made available to them.


 * Train Station (Default) - 498,000 Bells
 * Train Station (Fairy Tale) - 498,000 Bells
 * Train Station (Japanese) - 498,000 Bells
 * Train Station (Modern) - 498,000 Bells

Benches
The bench allows villagers and players to sit down where they are placed around the town. If a villager is sitting on a bench, the player can sit down next to them and have a conversation. However, if two villagers are occupying the bench, the player will not be able to join them but will still be able to have a conversation with them.

There are 7 official bench designs, as well as a few community projects that can be sat on.


 * Park Bench - 30,000 Bells - Available from the beginning
 * Wooden Bench - 42,500 Bells - Requested from villagers
 * Japanese Bench - 52,500 Bells - Requested from villagers
 * Metal Bench - 42,500 Bells - Requested from villagers
 * Plastic Bench - 42,500 Bells - Requested from villagers
 * Modern Bench - 52,500 Bells - Requested from villagers
 * Art Bench - 265,000 Bells - Requested from villagers

Other projects which can be constructed that allow the player to sit on them also include the following:
 * Log - 38,000 Bells - Requested from villagers
 * Picnic Supplies - 39,800 Bells - Requested from villagers
 * Clay Pipe - 79,800 Bells - Requested from villagers

Bridges
There are 6 different designs of bridges that can be placed in the player's town. The player is only allowed to have 3 bridges at any given time.


 * Stone Bridge (Default) - 128,000 Bells - Available from the beginning


 * Wooden Suspension Bridge  - 128,000 Bells - Available from the beginning


 * Brick Bridge  - 224,000 Bells - Asked from villagers


 * Modern Bridge - 224,000 Bells - Asked from villagers


 * Fairy Tale Bridge - 298,000 Bells - Asked from villagers


 * Japanese Bridge - 298,000 Bells - Asked from villagers

Clocks
Standard Clock  42,000 Bells, Available from the beginning

Japanese Clock  78,000 Bells, Asked from villagers

Fairy Tale Clock Tower,  78,000 Bells Asked from villagers

Modern Clock Tower  78,000 Bells, Asked from villagers

Flower Clock  87,000 Bells, Must have perfect town

 Illuminated Clock  146,000 Bells, Asked from villagers

Face Cut-Out Board
It is 50,000 Bells to build. 8 can be built.

Fence
It is 49,800 Bells to build. It is an enclosed area where you may plant flowers in.

Fire Hydrant
It is 32,600 Bells to build.

Fountain
The fountain, similar to the water well, only comes in one design. It is different to the fountain in Animal Crossing: City Folk, which was available as a Town Fund project in that it does not contain Serena. It costs 99,800 Bells to build.

Garbage Can
Costs 53,000 Bells.

Hedges
Costs 93,000 Bells.

Manhole
Only one manhole can be made, which costs 368,000 Bells. When this is completed, the manhole will lead the player to the Reset Surveillance Center, where they are able to find Resetti, along with his brother Don Resetti. The manhole will be open at night, after 8:00 PM. This Public Works Project can be placed anywhere.

Custom-Design Sign
It costs 40,000 Bells to build. 8 can be built.

Signs
Up to eight signs may be displayed at a time.


 * Diamond-Shaped Sign - Costs 43,500 Bells.
 * Triangular Sign - Costs 43,500 Bells.

Street Lamps
Turns on at night and emits light. Attracts moths.

Waiting Area
Costs 136,000 Bells.

Water Well
The water well only has one design and costs 148,000 Bells to build. It is available as a Public Works Project from the beginning.

Art Around
Costs 265,000 Bells.

Balloon Arch
Costs 86,000 Bells.

Flowerbed
Costs 26,400 Bells.

Globe Jungle
Costs 69,800 Bells.

Illuminated Tree
Costs 128,000 Bells.

Rock Garden
Costs 98,000 Bells.

Rounded Topiary
Costs 93,000 Bells.

Scarecrow
Costs 22,400 Bells.

Statue
Costs 88,000 Bells.

Tulip Topiary
Costs 93,000 Bells.

Geyser
Costs 98,000 Bells.

Lighthouse
Costs 372,000 Bells.

Moai
Costs 538,000 Bells.

Oil Derrick
Costs 298,000 Bells.

Parabolic Antenna
Costs 148,000 Bells.

Pyramid
Costs 698,000 Bells.

Solar Panels
Costs 126,000 Bells.

Stonehenge
Costs 698,000 Bells.

Tower
Costs 726,000 Bells.

Windmill
Costs 372,000 Bells.

Wind Turbine
Only one wind turbine can be built in the town. Costs 156,000 Bells.