The Works and Engineering Department is headed by the City Engineer and is responsible for providing technical support and guidance on the urban structural design, infrastructure improvement, road network development and maintenance and control of infrastructure developments in the City.

During the implementation of LGDPII, Lira City has had a total of about 37 kilometers of paved roads, 183kms of Gravel and 66kms of Earth road roads. This implies that, the Proportion of paved roads to total roads is 15%, unpaved road network in fair to good condition is 35%, while paved road network in fair to good condition is at 19.5%.These roads are in motorable states and has led to reduction in roads traffic accidents.

Lira City has six Major roads that cut through and go to other Cities. These are Lira Kampala road, Lira Aloi road, Lira Apac road and Lira Boroboro road Lira –Soroti, and Lira –Kitgum Road. Besides the major roads, there are also many minor roads within the City such as Adekokwok road, Erute road among others and very many Local roads which provide access to different villages and areas. Some of these roads have been opened up recently in the respective divisions. The most common means of transport is private with 74% being use of private transport. Bicycles are the common mode of privet transport with 64% owning Bicycle, and 12.2% owning Cars.