Comprehensive Master Plan
Land Use and Development
Allowing a wider mix of uses on Amherst Street can create more
diversified traffic patterns and help preserve and enhance the
City’s commercial tax base, while creating a welcoming and vibrant
environment for every day use.
Recommendation 5
* Develop a comprehensive - Inareas of high concentration
wayfinding strategy with Timeframe: Near-term of runoff, consider the
a focus on multi-modal ; incorporation of underground
connectivity. Incorporate landscaping and storage cells, preferably under
* Develop entrance corridor green stormwater infrastructure paved surfaces, to encourage
signage that both welcomes development and improvement stormwater infiltration
and guides visitors to key
destinations in Nashua
» Perform a traffic analysis study
to better accommodate safety
concerns.
* Provide planted filter for
stormwater management and
as a traffic buffer
- Integrate stormwater
infiltration and vegetal filtering
* Provide narrow long continuous
multi-tree pits under
permeable pavement.
BEFORE AFTER
9.6’ Sidewalk
19’ Convenient
Parking
12’ Carriageway
11’ Bike Path
12’ Planted Filter
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CH EH 11’ x 3 Road
Streets throughout the city should be evaluated and repositioned to encourage a range of mobility options. The image
above explores a carriageway layout with diagonal parking.
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