cleanup and reuse of the Mohawk Tannery and Fimbel Door properties. Both properties
are located adjacent to the northern end of the Broad Street Parkway.
The City received a $66,700 grant from the NHDES to conduct a site assessment,
solidification/stabilization treatability test and a remedial action plan for the Fimbel
Door property. The local developer is conducting similar work on the Mohawk Tannery
site under the auspices of the US EPA. Once completed, the two studies will provide a
blueprint for the cleanup of the property and allow the team to prepare for
redevelopment. The team is working with the EPA to separate the clean portion of the
site and transfer it to the City. This parcel will provide the opportunity to add this parcel
to Mine Falls Park by way of a future pedestrian access bridge across the canal to
connect to the ball fields and trail systems.
Exit 36 South
The City is working with the NRPC to develop a plan to build a new exit off of the FE
Everett Tumpike and US Route 3 near the Massachusetts border, The project, which is
estimated to cost $19.85M (2020 dollars), would provide crucial access to the Daniel
Webster Highway from the FE Everett Turnpike. The project promised to dramatically
reduce traffic congestion along Spit Brook Road at Exit | and the Daniel Webster
Highway in South Nashua. The project also provides the potential to create easy
access to the Pheasant Lane Mall, along with a potential site for an intermodal
transportation center.
NRPC and the Northem Middlesex Council of Governments completed the Exit 36 Study
Area Plan in August of 2014, which estimated project costs and benefits. In the spring of
2015, the City worked with NRPC to prepare a detailed application to the highly-
competitive US Department of Transportation TIGER discretionary grant program. While
the application was unsuccessful, City staff are scheduling a debriefing session with
USDOT and planning to apply again this year.
Passenger Rall
City staff continues to work collaboratively with NHDOT and the New Hampshire Rail
Transit Authority (NHRTA) to support efforts to bring passenger rail to Nashua and New
Hampshire. In December of 2014, the State of New Hampshire released the final report
of the New Hampshire Capitol Corridor Rail & Transit Alternatives Analysis. Recently, rail-
focused legislation was signed by Governor Maggie Hassan, including Senate Bill 63,
which will help make the NHRTA both more efficient and more appealing to federal
agencies seeking to invest in states with well-organized rail authorities, and Senate Bil
88, which establishes a committee to study public-private partnerships for intermodal
transportation projects.
Locally, City staff is working on projects that may become future Nashua rail
stations. Staff is managing a NHDOT-funded project to build a park & ride facility at 25
Crown Street. Staffis also continuing to meet with potential buyers of the property
located at 2 East Spit Brook Road, a potential site for a commuter-oriented rail station in
