Press Releases/What’s New

Portsmouth’s Planning and Public Works Departments will be hosting a neighborhood listening session at the New Franklin School Library on Monday, March 11th at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed Cate Street Connector Road to Route 1 Bypass, as well as next steps on the traffic calming initiatives requested for the Bartlett Street area. 

The City of Portsmouth and the United States Air Force are pleased to announce the execution of a contract with Kinsmen Corporation of Hookset, New Hampshire to construct a new water treatment system on the three wells (Smith, Harrison and Haven) that serve the Pease Tradeport.

Following the City Council’s Public Hearing on the McIntyre Project on January 7th, City staff and the Redgate-Kane team will be reconvening with the public in Council Chambers on Tuesday, March 5th at 6:30 p.m. to reveal a 3D visual model of the project.

Join us Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7:00 in the Little Theater at Portsmouth High School to hear Angela Hanscom's presentation "The Decline of Play Outdoors and the Rise in Sensory Issues."

Public Works crews will be removing trees in the area across the street from the USS Albacore Museum, spanning the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge and Michael Succi Drive, starting on Monday, February 25th as part of the Phase 2 improvement plan for the Market Street corridor; this work will last a couple weeks.