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From: gail miller
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 5:43 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: Concrete Barriers
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Dear Board of Aldermen,
| am writing to express my opposition to installing the concrete barriers along Main Street this year and in the years to
come.
The first year, we were told it was to expand outdoor dining areas because Covid-19 made it unsafe to gather indoors &
the City wanted to help the restaurants stay in business. We are in our 3rd year of Covid-19 and people are eager to get
back to some sense of normalcy. Citizens are tired of wearing masks and are not afraid to eat inside restaurants
anymore.
Main Street is a major thoroughfare downtown and the barriers interfere with traffic. Not everyone can “avoid using”
Main Street. Delivery vehicles are one example. As a letter carrier, | can tell you Postal routes use Main St. as their line of
travel to & from their deliveries each day.
There are businesses on Main Street that aren’t restaurants. These businesses need their customers to be able to park
close by. The barriers don’t allow for that.
We have a wheelchair van because Dad is in a wheelchair. Handicap parking is virtually eliminated along Main Street
when the barriers are used.
Please vote “no” on any proposal to install the barriers again.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Gail Miller
29 Burnside Street
Nashua, NH 03064-1521
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