Graham, Donna
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From: Priscilla Tempelman <priscilla-t@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 10:56 AM
To: Lopez, Thomas
Ce: Clemons, Benjamin; Kelly, Shoshanna; Laws, Brandon; Tencza, David; Wilshire, Lori;
O'Brien, Michael (Alderman); Graham, Donna
Subject: Sidewalks
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Dear Folks,
| thought perhaps you would be interested in reading the leiter | sent to Mayor Donchess
yesterday after a harrowing walk along the DWH to get from the bus stop to Trader Joe's. Sidewalk
snow removal on the very busy main thoroughfares of Nashua has long been an issue with me,
especially after a large snowfall when the snow of the street is pushed on to the sidewalks which
directly adjoin these streets. Even without snow, the pedestrian is but an arm's lengih from the traffic
which usually moves at a much faster rate than the 25 mph speed limit.
| urge all of you to carefully consider the life-threatening implications of this especially in the "tree
street area" where | live and where many folks walk to the grocery, pharmacy, and other businesses
in this area,
And | challenge you to the same one | issued to the Mayor. The bus service in Nashua is splendid
but if you have to climb over a snow bank to get into or out of a bus and then walk on a busy street to
get to your destination, it becomes another story!
Thank you, Priscilla Tempelman
Dear Mayor Donchess,
| challenge you to get on a city bus this day, or better yet, tomorrow when it will be
viciously cold. Take the #6 or GA to Trader Joe's in south Nashua (the buses leave the
Terminal on the quarter hour) as | did today to purchase a few groceries (a bunch of
bananas, 2 cans of beans, 2 boxes of crackers, a pound of carrots, a package of English
muffins, and a half gallon of milk, and a little bag of stroopwafels). You will be impressed
by the cleanliness and comfort of the ride, the friendliness of the driver, the cross section
of citizens who use the bus. If you're an old codger like | am, the ride is free!!!
And just when you get warm and comfortable you can imperil your life by walking on
what you assume is the sidewalk under the snow and ice, or cross the DW Highway and
imperil your life by walking directly on the shoulderless road against oncoming fast-moving
traffic. The sidewalk on that side of the street is the last fo get the sun and thus still with
full snow cover. if you choose that imperilment, you might amuse yourself observing
varieties of disgruntled faces and deciphering the angry epithets every driver in his nice
climate controlled comfort is hurtling at the old fool walking in winter weather. And just for
additional challenge, imagine that you are nearly 80 years old.
Pick up your groceries and reverse the process. You can catch a return bus on the
Trader Joe side of the highway or, if you don't mind a little detour around The Mall, on the
opposite side of the DWH where you disembarked. If you see the bus rolling by, don't
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