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The City of Portland will be offering curbside pick up of Christmas trees beginning on Dec. 26th and ending on January 30th.   (12/15/2008)
The City of Portland will be offering curbside pick up of Christmas trees beginning on Friday, December 26th and ending on Friday, Jan. 30th. Residents should put their trees at the curb on their regular trash day to ensure collection. More

No Trash/Recycling Collection on Christmas, Thursday, December 25 or New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1  (12/3/2008)
Public Services Trash and Recycling crews will not be collecting trash or recycling in the City of Portland on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2008 or on New Year's Day Thursday, January 1, 2009. More

Want to Receive Important Construction Announcements from the City of Portland?  (2/27/2008)
Interested in finding out about major construction projects in the City of Portland before you find yourself in a long line of traffic? E-mail us to be added to the subscriber list More

Find Your Trash and Recycling Day  (2/23/2007)
Have a question on when your trash or recycling is picked up? More

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Construction Projects

STREETS | SEWER REHAB | GLOSSARY

Spring is the start of our construction season where new sidewalks are built, roads are reconstructed, and new sewer projects begin. Check out the list below for more details on confirmed projects taking place this season.

For additional information on these projects, please call our Office at 874-8846. The receptionist will direct you to the appropriate Project Engineer.

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2008 PAVING & STREET REHABILITATION CONTRACTS
Location
 Start Date Description
Anderson St Summer 2008 Overlay
Chestnut St Summer 2008 Overlay
Lancaster St Summer 2008 Overlay
Sheridan St Summer 2008 Overlay
Deane St Summer 2008 Overlay
Exeter St Summer 2008 Overlay
Granite St Summer 2008 Overlay
Halet St Summer 2008 Overlay
Lucas St Summer 2008 Overlay
Bates St Summer 2008 Overlay
Roberts St Summer 2008 Overlay
Bay View Drive Summer 2008 Overlay
Codman St Summer 2008 Overlay
Fernald St Summer 2008 Overlay
Front St Summer 2008 Overlay
Galvin St Summer 2008 Overlay
West Kidder St Summer 2008 Overlay
Continental Dr Summer 2008 Overlay
Dole Dr Summer 2008 Overlay
Rice St Summer 2008 Overlay

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 MAINE DOT AND LAP PROJECTS
Location
 Start Date Description
Brighton Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Brighton Ave Streetscape Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Park Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Deering Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Brighton Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Forest Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Nason's Corner Intersection Improvement Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Stevens Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Stevens Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Ocean Ave (Route 9) Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing
Ocean Ave Resurfacing Fall 2008 Milling and Resurfacing

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SEWER REHAB/SEPARATION PROJECTS
Location
 Start Date Description
Mellon St Under Construction  
Ray St. - Maine Ave October  
Bay St. - Bay St. October  
Fall Brook II October  
Mona St - Barnard St November  
Forest Ave @ Avalon St. April 2009  
Clifton St. April 2009  

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GLOSSARY

Mill: Grinding a section of the existing pavement to a particular level and placing a new layer of pavement on top.

Overlay: Placing a new layer of pavement over what already exists; no grinding of existing pavement.

Patch: Making spot repairs on the existing pavement

Reclaim: Grinding up existing pavement and gravel which becomes the road base. Two layers of pavement are then placed on top.

Resurface: Grinding off surface of existing pavement (2 inches) and then pave over that.

Reconstruction: Total rebuilding of street

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