11 Bartlett Avenue
Nashua, New Hampshire 03064
February 10, 2022
Via Email Only
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
229 Main Street
Nashua, New Hampshire 03060
Re: Ordinance O-21-076
Dear Members of the Board of Aldermen:
I would like to express my opposition to Ordinance O-21-076 with regard to the
installation of barriers on Main Street. While I understand the original genesis of the barriers
and the need to help local restaurants survive during a most unusual time, I believe it is essential
that the City and the downtown merchants step back and re-evaluate the impact, both good and
bad, on all businesses resulting from reinstalling the barriers in our Main Street. Additionally, I
think it is important to understand the extremely adverse consequences of the barriers on both the
passage of normal traffic through our downtown and access for the emergency vehicles
particularly during prime traffic hours.
My law office is located in the downtown of Nashua and in the past year I have had
numerous clients who have intentionally avoided coming to my office due to the presence of the
barriers and resulting traffic and general congestion in the downtown area. Additionally,
personally, as a resident of Nashua for over 60 years, I find it unacceptable that due to the
barriers there are almost no parking spaces available on our Main Street for a citizen desiring to
patronize those businesses located on Main Street.
I believe the time has come to no longer place these barriers in Main Street, but rather to
find other ways to continue to encourage both restaurant and non-restaurant growth and
development in our downtown.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
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