Finance Committee - 07/10/2019 Page 15
Alderman Laws
How many other bridges around Nashua are we going to be doing projects like this on?
Mr. Kohalmi
The Main Street Bridge will need some work, | am not intimately familiar with each bridge; but | know the Main
Street Bridge will need some work as well as the Hudson Bridge over the Merrimack.
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
| was just going to ask what is considered the Main Street Bridge? Is that the Bridge right down there by
Canal Street?
Mayor Donchess
Yes, going over the Nashua River, right by Peddler’s there.
Alderwoman Kelly
Yes | was wondering if you know how long this might extend the useful life of the bridge? It sounds like it is
coming to its end by what you said before?
Mr. Kohalmi
| really don’t have a good answer for that, this is Phase | of 2 or 3 Phase project. First we have to need to
keep the spalling from getting worse and then we need to start making repairs to the concrete. | don’t foresee
anything, this bridge needing major repairs for quite some time. Right now it is in OK shape.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you.
Alderman Caron
Yes thank you. So when this repair work is being done, is that bridge going to be closed or it is going to be
one lane?
Mr. Kohalmi
It is not going to be closed, the work is underneath the bridge. There may be some sporadic one-way
alternating traffic. But no it is not going to be closed.
Alderman Caron
Ok good thank you.
Alderman O’Brien
A little off subject but the same bridge, how is the lighting on the bridge? | remember there was talk in the past
about torch lighting that’s quite elaborate where you can never replace that. You know, is it working?
