CITYWIDE PROJECTS 2011

Project # 7 McDonough Street Phases 1 and 2

      Project update -04/21/11        

PORTSMOUTH – The intersection of Islington and Cabot Streets may be partially closed today (Thursday, April 21) and tomorrow, and motorists leaving downtown will be detoured around the area where crews are scheduled to connect a new drain line.

            Traffic leaving downtown may be routed down Rockingham Street to McDonough Street and then up Dover Street. A uniformed police officer will be at the site to help redirect traffic.

                The work is part of the McDonough Street Reconstruction Project to install new sanitary and storm sewers in the McDonough Street neighborhood. Work began last year in the Dover, Salem, western McDonough and Cabot Street portions. Phase 2, which begins next week, includes Rockingham and Cornwall Streets and the next portion of McDonough from Cornwall to Cabot. 

            Anyone with questions can contact the Department of Public Works project manager, David Desfosses, at 766-1411.
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This project reconstructs the McDonough neighborhood in sections.  The first section was the Dover, Salem, western McDonough and Cabot St portions of the area and is currently under construction.  Phase 2 includes Rockingham, Cornwall Streets and the next portion of McDonough from Cornwall to Cabot. 

Project Manager:  David Desfosses                           
Estimated Start Date: Phase 1 Ongoing/Phase 2 Spring 2011                                  
Estimated Time to Completion:  5 Months    
Estimated Cost:  Phase 1-$624,000/Phase 2-$400,000                                 
Funding Source: Capital Improvement/Sewer and Water Funds                              
Contractor: Jamco Excavators for Phase 1, TBD for phase 2