Press Releases/What’s New

The Portsmouth Department of Public Works will hold its biannual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at the Public Works facility at 680 Peverly Hill Road. Residents of Portsmouth, Greenland and Newington are encouraged to bring household chemicals for safe disposal between 8 am and 12 noon. Proof of residency is required.

Reviving a pre-pandemic tradition begun by Mayor Jack Blalock in 2019 to celebrate National Bike Month, Portsmouth’s Mayor’s Bike Ride is scheduled for Saturday May 21, 2022. The route and pace are designed so that children and families are comfortable taking part.

The City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works expects contractor Severino Construction to start work affecting City streets in the Sagamore Avenue Sewer Extension Project area on Monday, May 16, 2022. This project will be ongoing through December 2022. Construction will impact parts of Sagamore Avenue, Shaw Road, Cliff Road and Walker Bungalow Road, with excavation work starting on Sagamore Avenue and continuing onto the other streets as work advances.

The Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget for all appropriated City funds was distributed to the Mayor and City Council on May 2, 2022. Go to the budget document and accompanying interactive user guide on the City website.