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City manager announces new building system, updates on Crawford Street roundabout and Waterview traffic calming

5347317 · June 25, 2025
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Portsmouth's city manager told council the city's new building permit system is now live, the Crawford Street roundabout work has begun, and traffic-calming measures for the Waterview community are set to start next week. Councilmembers raised separate road-hazard concerns on Cedar Lane.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Portsmouth City Council heard several operations and infrastructure updates on June 10 as City Manager Carter reported progress on a new building permit system and multiple traffic projects.

Carter told the council the city ‘‘successfully launched that new building system’’ after earlier attempts to implement it had sputtered. He later updated the council on the Crawford Street roundabout, saying vegetation removal has begun and the project is progressing…

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