Newport Construction Corporation

Newport Construction Corporation is a Nashua, NH heavy-highway and asphalt paving contractor on Temple Street that says it has run since 2000, founded by Richard A. DeFelice; in 2024 the firm was acquired by VINCI, with the same team staying on. It does road paving, driveways, and asphalt and aggregate materials work for government agencies, municipalities, and private clients, and describes itself as a union shop. What homeowners say about hiring them is unusually rough. On Google, the company sits at 2.7 stars from 37 ratings. The most recent written review, from July 2026, describes a crew "screaming into a megaphone" in a residential neighborhood before their scheduled start time — echoing a pattern that runs back years: a 2025 review describes a Tyngsboro street repaving where crews milled down half the road, paved over leaf piles, and left surface imperfections after equipment trouble; a 2024 review says a Nashua street job left them unable to use their driveway for three days and damaged their car after crews tore up the road; and a 2021 review describes a driveway built shorter than what was agreed. Reviewers in different years describe unsafe conduct by company trucks and crews — a 2023 review describes a truck driving onto a sidewalk near a playground, and a 2021 review describes a truck nearly hitting a car while cutting off traffic. A 2021 reviewer said their car was damaged during a Broad Street repaving and was directed to the city to pursue a third-party insurance claim. A 2025 review said the company had been served a cease-and-desist letter over what the reviewer called unlawful operations — a serious claim from a single account, not independently confirmed here. Against all of that, a 2022 review called the crew well-run and among the best in the business, though it stands alone against the complaints around it. The most extensively documented issue isn't a home job at all: from 2022 through mid-2024, Nashua residents, students, and the mayor opposed the company's proposal to build an asphalt manufacturing plant near downtown, in a residential district with schools and low-income housing nearby. The city's Planning Board unanimously rejected the plan; Newport sued the city over the rejection, then dropped that lawsuit in July 2024, ending the fight for now. Its own website emphasizes quality, consistency, and safety, a tone the Google reviews above don't support. Before hiring for a paving or driveway job, it's worth asking directly about crew conduct on-site, getting the scope and dimensions confirmed in writing, and checking in during the work rather than after.