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Portsmouth staff urges $7 million annual paving budget to lift road condition
Summary
City public-works staff told council the city’s pavement condition index is 48 and recommended raising annual street funding from $5.4 million to $7 million to increase milling, overlays and a new preservation program; staff said the city has 884 lane miles and plans 41–47 lane miles of work over fiscal 2026–27.
Portsmouth — Public-works staff presented a multi-year plan to repair and preserve the city’s roads, saying sustained investment is needed to move the pavement condition index from its current 48 toward a regional target. “So we have 884 total lane miles in the city of Portsmouth,” said Mister Gerard Roberts, the presentation’s lead, describing the city’s inventory of primary, collector and local streets.
Roberts told council the city’s overall pavement score is 48 on a 0–100 scale and the commonly used repair threshold is 60: “As our roads deteriorate at 60, we should be milling, overlaying and repairing our roads,” he said. He said the department’s FY26…
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