DPW Press Releases

Portsmouth has converted its on-street parking from pay and display to pay by plate. For details, click here.

Taxpayers do not pay a penny for any parking related expenses, including the new Foundry Place Garage. The City’s Parking Division is fully funded by parking revenues.

On December 16, the City Council voted to allow free parking at all downtown, on-street parking meters from Tuesday, December 17th through Thursday, December 26th. While parking is free for these 10 days, time limits and any snow parking bans will still be enforced.

In anticipation of the need for plowing city streets as the current snowstorm winds down, a parking ban starts going into effect starting at 8 pm. Parking ban on downtown streets starting at 1 am.

This week's rain following the recent snow evens and cold may produce an early crop of pot-holes, frost heaves and clogged catch basins. Residents can assist by driving with caution and reporting issues to Click n' Fix.

There are no Snow Emergency Alerts at this time.

The City and Department of Public Works hosted a second public information meeting on the Sagamore Avenue Sewer Extension Project on Monday, December 9  in City Hall Council Chambers.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire – The Department of Public Works announces that in conjunction with the ongoing Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility upgrade a routine inspection of the Peirce Island Road Bridge will be conducted on Monday, November 25th.

Due to unforeseen construction delays, the City has authorized work on the Islington Street Corridor Project this Saturday, November 16 and the following Saturday, November 23, as weather permits.  The hours of construction (7 am to 6 pm) and one-way traffic pattern (between Bartlett Street and Aldrich Roa

The City of Portsmouth’s Department of Public Works Stormwater Division hosts an Informational Session in the Council Chambers of City Hall on Monday evening November 18th from 6:30 to 8:30.