Agenda

Generally speaking, this master plan still envisions a long-term
rethinking of DW Highway corridor’s uses with outcomes in the spirit
of the visioning process for Amherst St, though with a much more

tentative outlook and timeline.

- Facilitate increased housing
development and job centers
within walking distance of
future commuter rail stations.

- Ensure that increased EV
infrastructure is developed
alongside existing gasoline
infrastructure, and develop a
plan to transition from one to
the other.

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Daniel Webster Highway

Comprehensive Master Plan

Land Use and Development

Upzoning/ greater density

Greater density to encourage land values
that will justify redevelopment of existing
income-generating uses. Up to 4-story
mixed use development with active retail
on ground floor and residential and/or
office spaces on upper stories.

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Mobility-oriented corridor

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Green Infrastructure

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Amherst St Visioning Concept

Enhance connections to nearby existing
@- +++ >= office buildings,
@--++-> retail buildings and

residential areas.

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Comprehensive Master Plan

Land Use and Development

Allowing a wider mix of uses on Amherst Street can create more
diversified traffic patterns and help preserve and enhance the
City’s commercial tax base, while creating a welcoming and vibrant
environment for every day use.

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a successful commercial
destination for Nashuans and
visitors. Allowing a wider mix
of uses on Amherst Street can
create more diversified traffic
patterns and help preserve
and enhance the City’s
commercial tax base, while
creating a welcoming and
vibrant environment for every
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In collaboration with the City and stakeholders, the Master Plan team
has identified the Amherst Street corridor as the most important large-
scale site for long-term planning for Nashua.

Recommendation 1

Timeframe: Near-term

Allow increased height/greater

density to encourage land values
that will justify redevelopment of
existing income-generating uses.

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Sidewalk Convenient Diagonal
Parking or Extended Plaza

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Amherst Sts

Issues and Opportunties:

Heavy traffic road,
auto-dominated design
characterized by large
surface parking lots
between buildings and the
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Lack of pedestrian and
bicycle infrastructure and
poor connectivity

Access management and
traffic-related issues

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Redevelopment Site

Beazer Site

Plan appropriate development
in the Beazer remediation site

with a phased strategy for
mixed use primarily focused on
medium-density single and
potential multifamily housing.

Building Cohesive Mixed-use
Districts + TOD

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Redevelopment

Retrofitting Major Corridors

Amherst St Corridor

Considered the most important
large-scale site for long-term
planning for Nashua, Imagine
Nashua proposes retrofitting
this major corridor to be more
attractive and coherent, and
promote local business activity.

Priority Redevelopment Site

Daniel Webster College

Integrate the Daniel Webster
College site into its surround-
ings by developing an appropri-
ately-scaled neighborhood.

Daniel Webster