MAYOR’S UPDATE AUGUST 10th, 2020 Mayor Donna D. Holaday Safe Routes to School Update: The state contractor has almost completed the drainage upgrades along the Safe Routes to Schools project on High Street, and has been waiting for National Grid to physically hold a couple of utility poles that are in close proximity to […]
Pavement Management Program Public Presentation October 22, 2019
On October 22, 2019, the City held a public meeting to present findings from the work performed by Beta Engineering in reviewing the condition of Newburyport’s streets and sidewalks. As part of Beta’s analysis, a road surface rating (RSR) was assigned to each street in the City based on a 0-100 scale. The City’s composite […]
Update on resolving High Street Line Painting Issues
Over the past few days the Department of Public Services (DPS) has focused on addressing and correcting all issues resulting from poor workmanship on High Street by our line painting contractor. Several errors were made in both in the location of lines and lane width. The contractor has accepted responsibility and will be repainting all […]
High Street Roadway Work – Update
High Street Paving Update Our paving contractor has completed the milling of High Street from Plummer Ave to Winter Street. Paving will begin next Wednesday and take place over several days. Thank you residents for your patience as during construction. The Mayor would also like to thank the Department of Public Services and the Police […]