Finance Committee - 3/6/2019 Page 3
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: 2019 Paving Program — Arterial Roadways Construction
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND, CONTINGENT UPON BOARD
OF ALDERMEN APPROVAL, AWARD THE CONTRACT TO BROX INDUSTRIES IN THE AMOUNT OF
$6,853,473. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS DEPARTMENT 160, ADMINISTRATION/ENGINEERING; BOND
AND TRUST FUNDS
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Now we have two Ms. Gills here, believe it or not, we have two engineers both named Ms. Gill. So | don’t
know which Ms. Gill is on this particular item. Thank you Ms. Gill.
Mandeep Gill, Senior Staff Engineer
Thank you. Hello everyone, my name is Mandeep Gill, | work in Public Works Engineering Department. So
this paving program for 2019, this one is for arterial and major roads such as Amherst Street, part of Kinsley
Street, East Hollis; those are some of the streets. We estimate it will be approximately 11 to 12 miles of major
roads that we plan on paving this year. Brox Industries is the lowest bidder.
Mayor Donchess
Discussion/questions?
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you. Ms. Gill | have heard from a lot of people that the digging up of let’s say Kinsley Street and
everything else which is one of the arterials that | think is included in this. | try to explain to people that there is
a difference between sewer upgrades and electrical upgrades and water upgrades we are trying to get. The
comments were that it was always being dug up last year. Can you just give us a very brief, to the people who
are just wondering, we are getting close to actually starting to pave them now and everything.
Mandeep Gill, Senior Staff Engineer
Absolutely, that’s a very good question. Kinsley Street is one of the oldest streets in the City of Nashua so the
infrastructure in terms of utilities is also old. For example Liberty, just because we are paving, Liberty and
Pennichuck are taking a lot of interest in upgrading their infrastructure because no one wants to dig in newly
paved streets. So they are aware of it that the City wants to pave Kinsley Street, so that’s why these utilities,
sewer, gas and water are upgrading their infrastructure. All of them cannot go into the street at the same time,
so they go one after another. That's why residents see that various utilities are digging into the street.
Alderman O’Brien
Follow up if | may Mr. Mayor. Yes because the common sense approach with us as a City, if we are investing
in paving the road, we want a moratorium of anything else, unless it is an acute emergency of digging up what
we just spent good money in resurfacing, correct? Is there a 5 year moratorium?
Mandeep Gill, Senior Staff Engineer
Yes there is a 5 year moratorium.
