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Updates on information session: water and sewer project, on Front Road and King Street West

Updates on information session: water and sewer project, on Front Road and King Street West

On Wednesday, May 24, Utilities Kingston held an information session to provide updates on the water and sewer project on Front Road and King Street West. The information session took place in person at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour.

Utilities Kingston’s President and CEO, David Fell; Director of Utilities Engineering, Remi Adedapo; and Chris Phippen, Manager of Utilities Engineering, provided project updates and answered questions from community members.

Project updates:

  • Utilities Kingston and the Contractor have entered into dispute resolution, and Utilities Kingston therefore cannot comment on this process.
  • Depending on dispute resolution, we anticipate restarting the project before the end of 2023 or in 2024, with the current phase of the project to be completed in 2025.
  • We expect that most of the construction on this phase will take place in 2024 and 2025.

We reassure our community:

  • We have heard the feedback from community members and understand that this process has been disruptive to residents. We are taking the concerns regarding traffic safety and noise disruption seriously, and will consider these concerns when the work resumes, addressing them to the best of our abilities.  
  • The project is for the benefit of both current residents, and those in the future.
  • We will provide new information as soon as we can and plan to hold additional information sessions for the community.

About the project

This project will redirect sewage from the Portsmouth Pumping Station and interconnect a trunk water main. It is expected to save energy, reduce sewer overflows, create capacity to support downtown development, and improve operations and system performance. 

The Project is being implemented over multiple years and phases with construction on Phase 2A initiated in 2021 and partially completed in 2022. This phase of the project affects areas along Front Road and King Street West from Sand Bay Lane (Front Road bridge) to Country Club Drive. Utilities Kingston is currently working through options for the recommencement of this Phase of the project. Phase 2B and Phase 3 will be advanced, sequentially, following the completion of Phase 2A.

Learn more from the project page.