When the barriers are in place, the entire left section of East Pearl Street is void of parking AND the left lane is
also gone. When the left lane is blocked, as it has been when the barriers were in place, traffic must squish into
the one remaining lane. It takes three cycles of lights just to cross Main Street.
There are many taxpayers that travel Main Street or the surrounding streets to get to their place of employment or
other places, that have to endure a clogged Main Street AND the surrounding streets, in order to bypass Main
Street. Why should people trying to earn a living have to sacrifice their time to accommodate people who are only
thinking only of themselves and their outdoor dining experience. Restaurants do not pay for the additional space they
have enjoyed. Taxpayers do!
The parkway was built to relieve Main Street traffic. Taxpayers footed the bill for that too. Now we are considering
intentionally clogging Main Street to vehicular traffic so that restaurants can enhance their business and the patrons
can dine outdcears on the good days, leaving the blockage to remain when not in use. Why should restaurants be given
special privileges at the expense of the taxpayers and to the detriment of non-restaurant business that don’t enjoy the
same accommodations?
Please vote in opposition of returning the Jersey Barriers on Main Street and surrounding areas.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Valli Stewart
19 Harvard Street
Nashua, NH 03060
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