PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge has approved a deal reached between Portsmouth officials and the Environmental Protection Agency that enters into law the deadlines the city must reach toward completing the upgrade of the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Deputy City Attorney Suzanne Woodland tells The Portsmouth Herald (https://bit.ly/2diSA87 ) the Thursday decision means the court has accepted the city’s preferred construction schedule. The schedule limits most construction work to daytime hours during the week.
The new plant will provide secondary treatment of the city’s sewage and nitrogen removal. Construction began this week and is expected to be completed in four years.
City officials say the total coast for the project and related improvements could reach $100 million. The upgrade is considered the most expensive capital project in Portsmouth’s history.
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Information from: Portsmouth Herald, https://www.seacoastonline.com
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