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Portsmouth council sends resident-access parking pilot to parking committee for study

Portsmouth City Council · December 23, 2025
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Summary

Council referred a staff-proposed resident-access parking pilot — in which registered Portsmouth residents park free while nonresidents pay $1 — to the Parking, Traffic & Safety committee for further review after discussing scope, metrics and potential spillover effects.

The Portsmouth City Council on Dec. 22 referred a proposed resident-access parking (RAP) pilot to the city’s Parking, Traffic & Safety (PTS) committee for further study, after staff described a pilot that would let registered residents park free while non-residents would pay $1 in selected lots and adjacent streets.

Deputy City Manager Carl Weber described the concept as a pilot and proof of concept: residents would register vehicle plates in the app or at the tax office,…

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