Sidewalk Reconstruction

Citywide Sidewalks Projects:

Ocean Road Crossing

  • Curbing on Winchester Street – Completed last week
  • Prep base materials and grading for sidewalk – Week of Oct 28
  • Place concrete sidewalks and site restoration - Week of Nov 4
  • Install flashing beacon crossing sign – Week of Nov 11

Islington Street Crossings: Barberry Lane and Old WBBX Road

  • Curbing on Barberry Lane and WBBX Rd - Week of Oct 28
  • Prep base materials and grading for sidewalk – Week of Oct 28
  • Place concrete sidewalks and site restoration – Week of Nov 4
  • Install flashing beacon crossing sign – Week of Nov 11

Elwyn Park Sidewalks/Sidepath 

Design has begun in earnest in the Elwyn Area.  The surveyors have finished their work and the City’s consulting engineer is preparing preliminary plans suitable for a public meeting which is planned for January 2025.  Initial cost estimates indicate the project cost is significantly higher that currently budgeted, which will require the project to be implemented in phases. The area around the Dondero School will likely be Phase 1 with other sidewalks radiating out from there. The sidewalks and traffic calming features are being designed to be consistent with our consultant’s preliminary designs from 2020.  Additional project information can be found at the City’s project webpage. The project is intended to provide safe pedestrian connections and traffic calming throughout the Elwyn Park Neighborhood. A feasibility study was completed using prior year Capital funding to identify priority streets within the neighborhood for addition of sidewalks and recommended traffic calming measures.

Project Status: In design

Project Manager         

Dave Desfosses, Project Manager
603-766-1411
djdesfosses@cityofportsmouth.com

Pannaway Phase 2 

Project Manager         

Marc R. Batchelder, P.E.
603-766-1440
mrbatchelder@cityofportsmouth.com

Start: Spring 2023

Estimated Completion: Summer 2024 (Estimated)

Estimated Cost: $1,300,000

Funding Source:

Designer: Marc R. Batchelder, P.E. / In-House Staff

Contractor: John H. Lyman & Sons, Inc.

Pannaway Manor Project map

2024 Citywide Sidewalks Projects:

This project includes the reconstruction of the sidewalk system at multiple locations throughout the City currently in the design phase.

Project Status: 

  • Sagamore Avenue (Odiorne Point Rd.)
  • Summit Avenue (South St. to High School gate)
  • Greenleaf Avenue (Hillside Dr. to South St.)
  • Deer Street (Russell St. and Market St.)

Project Manager         

Marc R. Batchelder, P.E.
603-766-1440
mrbatchelder@cityofportsmouth.com

Start: TBD

Estimated Completion: TBD

Estimated Cost: TBD

Funding Source: TBD

Designer: Marc R. Batchelder, P.E. / In-House Staff

Contractor: TBD

 

Borthwick Avenue Bike Path:

This project includes the construction of a multi-use path along Borthwick Avenue from Route 1 By-Pass to the multi-use path being constructed at the satellite parking lot for Portsmouth Hospital.

Project Status: 

New curb, base aggregates and base layer of pavement – Completed Fall 2023

Final layer of pavement and restoration – Anticipated Spring / Summer 2024

Project Manager         

Marc R. Batchelder, P.E.
603-766-1440
mrbatchelder@cityofportsmouth.com

Start: Fall 2023

Estimated Completion: Spring/Summer 2024

Estimated Cost: $300,000

Funding Source: TBD

Designer: Marc R. Batchelder, P.E. / In-House Staff

Contractor: S.U.R. Construction, Inc.

 

 

Maplewood Avenue Sidewalk Replacement

This project includes the reconstruction of the sidewalk system from the railroad track crossing near Deer Street up to Dennett Street along the south side of the road and from Mill Pond Way to the North Mill Pond Causeway along the north side of Maplewood Avenue.

Project Status: In design

Project Manager         

Dave Desfosses, Project Manager
603-766-1411
djdesfosses@cityofportsmouth.com

Start:

Estimated Completion:

Estimated Cost:

Funding Source:

Designer/Contractor: TBD