DPW Press Releases

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.

Portsmouth and Pease International Tradeport Drinking Water Status Report, First Quarter 2022

The week of May 1-7, 2022 is National Drinking Water Week and the City of Portsmouth and Safe Water Advisory Group are presenting a free Community Water Forum on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 from 6 to 8 pm in City Hall Council Chambers. The public is also able to participate via Zoom, with advance registration.

The Mosquito Control Program begins monitoring on April 11, 2022 in the City of Portsmouth. Crews from Dragon Mosquito Control, Inc., the City’s contracted service, will be checking swamps, salt marshes, woodland pools, ditches, catch basins and other shallow, stagnant water for mosquito larvae.

When mosquito larvae are found, treatment may occur using one or more of the following:

Following the February 4 sleet and snow event, sidewalk cleanup operations are proving difficult. Multiple methods for clearing the layers of compacted buildup are not as effective as hoped, but a full crew of DPW employees is working on the problem. Residents are asked to be patient -- and careful -- as the City continues to treat streets and sidewalks.

City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works crews will conduct snow load out operations to clear street and improve safety following the weekend blizzard. The load-out operations start Tuesday, February 1 at 7:30 pm in Area 1, 9:30 pm in Area 2 and 12:30 am in Area 3. The work is expected to be completed by 8 am on Tuesday, February 2.

The City of Portsmouth has authorized the NH Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) to place temporary air quality monitoring devices in locations surrounding the Foundry Place Garage. The air quality study was authorized by NHDES in response to City concerns regarding air quality complaints from the neighborhood and residents’ reports of emissions from locomotives in the railyard.

Portsmouth DPW is launching an online survey to collect feedback from residents and business/property owners as to what they would like to see in the sidewalk and roadway reconstruction plan for the Fleet Street Area Reconstruction Project.

Both the Water Environment Federation (WEF), a national nonprofit association that provides technical education and training for water quality professionals, and the Associated Builders and Contractors of New Hampshire and Vermont (ABC NH/VT) have selected City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works and Methuen Construction awards for the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility upgra