DPW Press Releases

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Portsmouth DPW offers snow preparedness tips

January 9, 2024

With forecasts predicting more winter-like weather in the coming days and weeks, the Portsmouth Department of Public Works is urging residents to be mindful of issued parking ban announcements and take proper safety measures.

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City Parking & Traffic Safety Committee Holds a Public Meeting on NHDOT Sound Barrier Project, Woodbury Avenue Traffic Calming, and Middle- Miller-Summer Streets Intersection

November 27, 2023

The City’s Parking & Traffic Safety (PTS) Committee is holding a public information meeting on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 6 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall. Just prior to the meeting, at 5:30 pm in Council Chambers, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) is offering an informal opportunity for the public to review the I-95 Sound Barrier Project plans. The sound barrier project is expected to start in Spring 2024 and is part of the NHDOT Ten Year Plan.

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City Receives $965,333 Federal Congressionally Directed Spending Grant for Peirce Island Road Resiliency Project

October 16, 2023

The City of Portsmouth was notified on September 29, 2023 that it has received $965,333 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the Federal Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program through the NH Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the Peirce Island Road Resiliency Project. The City applied for the grant for a project to provide consistent access to the Pierce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), a critical municipal service.

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City of Portsmouth NH Receives $460,000 Federal Grant for Bartlett Street Underpass Engineering Study

September 26, 2023

In a phone call to Mayor Deaglan McEachern on September 25, 2023, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg extended his congratulations to the City of Portsmouth on being selected for the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program. The City applied for a $460,000 grant to cover the cost of the engineering studies necessary to reconfigure the Bartlett Street underpass and railroad bridge.