UREAN
Broad Street Park-
way: “An armature
for everything”
Hf designed well, the
road can provide (A)
access to redevelopment
parcels, (B) connections
to a regional trail
system, (C) an
extension of a local trail
system, and (D}
improvements to signal
operations at Railroad
Square,
DESIGN ASSOCIATES
ing and out of character with the
City of Nashua, but they are ineffi-
cient for traffic operations, and hos-
tile to pedestrian and bicycle travel.
Lack of Address Value The pro-
posed limited access feature on the
proposed Parkway design means that
fronting properties cannot have an
“address” on the Parkway. At best,
properties can appear to front on the
Parkway, but must be reached from
side streets or parallel “frontage
roads.” The proposed limited access
feature of the Parkway, therefore, will
prevent the Parkway from ever
becoming an “armature” of develop-
ment in Nashua. Failure to realize
Nashua Downtown Master Plan
this potential is particularly disap-
pointing, given the currently unde-
veloped state of two prime
developable areas through which the
corridor passes: (1) the Millyard
south of the Nashua River and (2)
the currently undeveloped land on
the south side of the corridor near its
western terminus at Broad Street.
Lack of East/West Street
Connection Although the proposed
Broad Street Parkway design accom-
plishes the all-important north/south
connection across the Nashua River,
it does little to provide an additional
east/west connection on the north
side of the River. Such a connection
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