Night Work Planned Downtown This Week

In an effort to keep residents updated on what to expect the city continues to chronicle progress on the downtown sidewalk project, to replace the old brick sidewalks with new concrete walks, and other improvements.

Let there be night work: As noted below, much of the crosswalk work is planned to take place at night, which has been a question many Nashua Patch readers have asked. 

Here's the latest update, posted May 10 on the gonashua.com site:

During the week of May 6 we formed and poured five pads of concrete; installed two light pole foundations; and ran underground electrical and irrigation lines. We encountered an unexpected concrete duct bank in front of Espresso Pizza that we needed to work around, and rain created some challenges for us this week.

Next week (week of May 13) we plan to form and pour six or seven more pads of concrete. The brick work will begin on the West side of Block 2. The work on the Main Street Bridge mid-block crosswalk will also begin. Much of the crosswalk work will be completed at night to minimize traffic impacts. 

As a reminder, after the concrete is poured the pads will have tarps over them for seven to 10 days. You will be able to walk on the pads during this time and a green carpet will delineate the walkway for pedestrians.

For business owners: We will be adding green carpet that will lead pedestrians directly into your storefront to clearly indicate that you are open for business. We will continue to limit the obstruction of parking and lanes.

Unfortunately, it is necessary to take parking spaces where we are working. Our schedule is tentative and subject to change due to weather or unforeseen circumstances. We do understand that the work impacts your business and we are doing our best to complete the work efficiently so that everyone can enjoy our new sidewalk and green space.Please do not hesitate to contact Roy Sorenson, Superintendent of Streets or Andy Patrician, Operations Manager on site or at 589-3140.

Previous updates:

May 3: Sidewalk Project Weekly Update 

April 26: Sidewalk Update: Unexpected Electrical Lines

April 19: Sidewalk Project Weekly Update