Special Board of Aldermen 12-07-2021 Page 27
what we did in 2018/2019 very early on. Nothing that we're talking about here today is new. We've been discussing
this for quite a while.
And then preliminary design, we've been doing preliminary design for about two years now. One of the reasons why
is because we had to go through a lot of federal permitting process to be able to work within the waterway. That was
a year, year and a half on its own. So moving forward, hopefully we get bond authorization in 2021. We will continue
with design which should be about six months’ worth of work in 22. We would look to start construction and 22 and
final design is modeled for somewhere in 24 - 25. So this is a long-term project. We won't see this project concluded
until somewhere around 2025 maybe a little earlier but that really depends on how our construction manager develops
their schedule.
So going back to what | was just talking about here. What I'm highlighting is red is what | would be recommending we
commit to and that's, you know, just about $12 million in cost. So that is the $40,000 crosswalk on Pine Street
Extension, doing the improvements around and behind Clock Tower at just under $900,000, doing the Parc de
Renaissance which has been the gem that everyone has been discussing up to up till now which is a big part of the
initiative at about $4 million. Water Street improvements at $310,000; boardwalk around 4 Water Street at $1.76
million; Bicentennial Park improvements at just under $600,000; boardwalk around Riverside Barbecue at $1.7 million.
And again, | just want to remind everyone the City of Nashua embraced this idea of doing these cantilevered
boardwalks back in the early 2000s. And in fact, this initiative of trying to connect the riverfront through these
boardwalks started with Peddlers Daughter that is currently in existence. And so this is just a continuation of that
vision that started back in | would say 15 or 20 or so years ago. A little less than 20 years because | know a bond was
issued on that for about $8 million and | don't believe that's due to expire until 2024 or there abouts. So then with that
being said, we would be continuing on with the shared use park at $125,000; substation screening at $180,000;
boardwalk and the dock around Parc de la Renaissance at $1.37 million; existing shared path improvements at
$200,000; and again, that Cotton Mill ADA ramp at just under $600,000.
Then once we see how we're standing - so everything that I'm presenting before you right now in red, we have a
healthy contingency built into that as well as we have a separate contingency at $1.5 million. But as | said, I'm very
conservative in my approach here. Once we actually start the project, find more design done, we will have a better
understanding as to where we would have available budget, and where we do have available budget, I'd be
recommending we continue on with the yellow which is basically the east side of Main Street, particularly prioritizing
the pedestrian bridge at $1.7 million and then looking to do the other improvements.
So I'm just going to quickly walk around here so people can see what I'm talking about. Starting here is Riverside
BBQ. We'd be putting a boardwalk in and along through here and we've got a connection right to here. This would be
the shared use path and we'd have another boardwalk that would go in front of the substation. We'd be looking to
screen the substation. We have an existing path right here, but we'd be looking to make some improvements,
particularly adding lighting. This whole project contemplates the addition of lighting throughout the whole area to
improve upon it. And we have the ADA ramp that was discussed right in through here. Here’s the Cotton Mill transfer
bridge. Here’s the crossing that we're talking about here. Making improvements in and along Factory Street, behind
Clock Tower - this alleyway here making the major improvements along Parc de la Renaissance; making
improvements with yet again another boardwalk behind the Water Street building connecting on up to Bicentennial.
So I'll walk through some images to kind of show you what's been designing this far. So this would be Bicentennial.
One of the reasons why we're looking to do this is because technically right now Bicentennial Park is not ADA
compliant. Again, another issue that our City Engineer was representing that | would talk about. We would look to be
making this ADA compliant. How are we going to do that? Well right here folks may not realize that there's a
significant grade difference from when you're at Main Street as compared to when you get down to the bottom of the
green space. And technically right now all you can do is go straight down. Basically how my cursor is traversing the
screen. We would be adding in a new pathway around which, again, is meeting grade compliance but for ADA and
particularly people with mobility issues. So then we have the boardwalk around Water Street — 4 Water Street here.
So very similar. Everything here has been modeled after what was done over at Peddlers Daughter. Looking to do
the same thing. Here's kind of an image of what Parc de la Renaissance would look like if you were coming in off of 4
Water Street. Here's the idea of the connectivity down to the floating dock. You're coming in off of 4 Water Street or
Park de la Renaissance. Here’s the new image of what Parc de la Renaissance would look like from this view. Here's
what it would look like from the other side. Again, currently a lot of this is parking in through here. So it would be
removing a lot of that parking. We'd be looking to introduce it up here onto Water Street - basically create this green
space that people would be able to use as passive recreation. And also the thought process is this right here could be
used as a nice little area and you could do some informal type of performances right here. It kind of acts as like an
amphitheater of sorts. Here’s another view of what that would look like just to kind of show folks what we're talking
about.
