Top 5 Projects on Portsmouth's Capital Improvement Plan

The Portsmouth Town Council reviewed Portsmouth's five-year Capital Improvement Plan in two workshops on Monday and Tuesday night. 

The town is preparing to borrow funds for some major projects, which includes paving all of Portsmouth's raods, upgrades at Sandy Point Beach and playground improvements. 

The Capital Improvement Plan also includes a loan program that would help Portsmouth residents pay to upgrade their home spectic systems, reports The Sakonnet Times. 

The entire Capital Improvement Plan for Portsmouth is attached at right and can be found on the Portsmouth, RI, website. 

Here are the top 5 projects on Capital Improvement Plan's "Short List" of projects. The full list also includes the demolition of the former Elmhurst School. 

Project Cost per year Cost total Funding source Road paving $1 million $5 million Cash Upgrades to sites including Island Park, Turnpike Park, and Redwood Farms playgrounds $20,000 $100,000 Borrowed Reshingle outside of Portsmouth Fire Station $100,000 $100,000 Borrowed HVAC Replacement, pipe insulation, tile replacement at Portsmouth Town Hall $254,000 $254,000 Borrowed Renovate Weaver Cove boat ramp $66,000 $266,000 Borrowed 

What would you put on Portsmouth's Fix-It Short List? Tell us in the comment section below!