Graham, Donna
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I feel i need to voice my concerns over the downtown barriers and traffic problems due to the barriers. The flow
of traffic being the biggest problem from my point of: view. We were hearing it from our customers on a daily
basis.
What usually taken only a few minutes to drive thru and into downtown is now taking 15 to 20 minutes and
worse during the 2 rush hour times as well a the lunch time. Although i am not against trying to help our
downtown
restaurants i am against doing it at the expense of other businesses. Putting up the barriers has a negitive effect
on many of us.
Please DO NOT put these road barriers back up upsetting the flow of traffic.
The negitive effect is to all of us. It would be my belief that it really effects every single business in downtown.
Question/s.... Has anyone asked every restaurant that has these barriers if they even want them ?
This would include large as well as small restaurants.
The sidewalks are wide. For the ones that want them could they just use the sidewalks and not effect the
roadway and parking ?
Is this not what Surf , MT Local , Peddlers and Marthas have been doing for years ? Using the sidewalk with
no barriers.
These are just 4 of the great restaurants in town. Has anyone asked them if they want the barriers ?
Can these restaurants handle the extra capicity with what so many people are calling lack of workers?
If you go into most restaurants you can see the signs..... please be patient , please be nice ... we are short
staffed.
Basically saying Please forgive us for being so slow due to not having enough people to work.
It seems that almost every restaurant and store is hiring and cannot find help.
How else can we come to a solution that works for all without effecting the flow of: traffic?
There are other things to consider also as others have indicated...
Emergency vehicles for one.... Those few extra minutes for Fire / Police / Ambulance coming down Library
hill...... Those minutes ARE CRITICAL for emergency vehicles
Yes they know they are there Yes there are electronic signals for the lights ... but dropping down the traffic
lanes and putting up the barriers DOES effect them.
Minutes count to emergency vehicles.
I love the great ideas and art work on the barriers... | know those people put in a lot time and effort into
designing and painting. They spent many many hours getting them done from start to
finish,but as a downtown business does it really look professional ? Tremendous art work by some very
talented people. It just seems out of place to me as a business owner in Downtown Nashua.
I love my downtown Nashua but some things NEED to change when it comes to these barriers.
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