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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: December 14, 2017
Wayne R. Husband, Senior Traffic Engineer
Public Works Administration
Speed Radar Feedback Signs at Birch Hill Elementary School
To approve the contract with Moulison, LLC of Biddeford, ME in the amount of $28,220 for the purchase
and installation of two speed radar feedback signs and the use of Quadrant Trust Funds in the amount of
$10,300 for this contract. Funding will be through Department 160 Engineering; Funds: Grant and Trust;
Activity: Safe Routes to Schools — Birch Hill.
Bid Schedule for Variable Message Radar Speed Feedback Sign on Dublin Ave as submitted by
Moulison, LLC.
The City of Nashua was awarded Safe Routes to School funding for the purchase and installation
of some solar speed feedback signs in the vicinity of the Birch Hill Elementary School. The
purpose of the speed feedback signs is to alert motorists of their speeds as they approach this
area with the goal of slowing down traffic. The speed feedback signs would be located at the
following locations:
Location 1: Along Dublin Ave north of Dunbarton Drive facing southbound traffic.
Location 2: Along Dublin Ave south of Woodland Drive facing northbound traffic.
Each of the signs would include a solar panel, a flashing beacon, a 1” minimum LED message
matrix, and a 1”-3” minimum LED Radar Digits showing speed feedback. The signs will be
mounted on a steel pole into a sign support anchored into a concrete foundation.
The Safe Routes to School Funding Program is funded through Federal Highway Funds and
needs to meet all of the Federal Highway requirements. The City recently advertised this
project and received two bids as follows:
Moulison, LLC — Biddeford, ME - $28,220
Liddel Brothers — Halifax, MA - $39,000
The City recommends award the contract to Moulison, LLC in the amount of $28,220. The
City would use the $17,920 of Safe Routes to School funding (pending final State of New
Hampshire DOT approval). The City will need to use $10,300.00 from the Corridor Funds
account to fund the additional amount. The City does believe the recent bid of $28,220 is
reasonable. There have been changes in technology, and the original grant application was
prepared in 2014.
