Portsmouth councilor pushes for Islington Street project priority
PORTSMOUTH — City Councilor Paige Trace believes West End residents have waited long enough for the completion of the Islington Street Corridor Reconstruction Project. That’s why Trace said at Monday’s City Council meeting she will make a motion to put the final phase of the project – Phase 2 – back into the city's Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2022, where it had been. Staff had pushed the final phase – which includes replacing a 129-year-old water line, installing new sidewalks, roadway reconstruction and adding trees, benches and ornamental lights – to 2027. “I fi...
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