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1. Business Insiders Breakfast
Could a Southbound
Exit 36 Be on the Way?
December 18, 2014

2. NORTHERN MIDDLESEX
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
Beverly Woods,
Executive Director
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 2

3. EXIT 36S PLANNING STUDY
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce
 Cooperative effort between NRPC and NMCOG
 Metropolitan Planning Organizations
 Facilitate collaboration of governmental bodies, interested
stakeholders and residents
 Identify and study transportation needs, develop solutions, and
allocate scarce transportation funding resources
 Look beyond municipal boundaries: regional problems demand
a regional solution
-Exit 36S is a regional problem that spans political borders
and requires interstate cooperation
 NRPC and NMCOG are well positioned to help solve regional
transportation problems, even across state boundaries

4. NASHUA REGIONAL
PLANNING COMMISSION
Kerrie Diers, Executive Director
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 4

5. Transportation Community
System Preservation Grant
 Improve the operation of the major roads in the study area
 Address all modes of transportation
 Provide efficient access to services and job centers
 Opportunities for sustainable growth and economic development
 Opportunities for innovative financing and public/private
partnerships
 Opportunity to mitigate traffic congestion and greenhouse gas
emissions
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 5

6. Historical Perspective
• History of interstate cooperation
• Exit ramp alignment originally planned to remain entirely in
New Hampshire
• Agreement between City of Nashua and Massachusetts
Governor Dukakis reached in early 1988 allowing exit ramp to
span border.
• Agreement required less land, saving NH $2 million.
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 6
Nashua Telegraph February, 4, 1988

7. NASHUA REGIONAL PLANNING
COMMISSION
Tim Roache, Assistant Director
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 7

8. Why Build Exit 36 Southbound?
And in about 10 - 15 minutes you will have travelled 1.2
miles to get your furniture.
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 8
Left on Spit Brook ….
Right on Daniel Webster

9. Why Build Exit 36 Southbound?
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We have a better way…
F.E. Everett Turnpike…
To Exit 36 Southbound….
And in about 3 - 4 minutes you will have travelled 1.2
miles to get your furniture.

10. Existing Conditions
Transportation
• Saturday Volumes ~40,000 VPD
• Saturday peak hour represents greatest
congestion
• Travel time – 10 to 15 minutes
Transit/Alternative Modes
• Bus service and connections
• Limited bicycle and pedestrian amenities
Land Use
• Zoning
• Land use
• Demographics
• Identify vacant parcels
• Opportunities for redevelopment
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 10

11. Do Nothing
(2022 No Build)
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Traffic
• Continued slow growth east of
the F.E Everett Turnpike.
• Gateway Hills influencing
traffic growth on F.E. Everett
Turnpike ramps and west end
of Spit Brook Road.
• Intersection operations
deteriorate slightly with modest
increase in delay

12. Do Nothing
(2022 No Build)
Land Use
• Limits opportunity for
redevelopment and growth
Transit/Bike/Pedestrian
• Poor pedestrian and bicycle
infrastructure
• Transit service limited to
existing constraints
• Limits opportunity for
passenger rail
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 12

13. Build it!
(2022 Build)
Traffic
• Significant drop in 24 traffic
volumes on DW Highway and
Spit Brook Road.
• Mitigates some of the Gateway
Hills impact on Turnpike Ramps
and west end of Spit Brook
Road.
• Direct access to south DW
Highway/Northern Middlesex
Road locations
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 13

14. Build it! (2022 Build)
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 14
Fuel Savings $ 333,540.05 Annually
Trip Length
(Miles)
Travel Time
(Min)
Avg. Speed
(MPH)
Annual Cost
Spit Brook/DW 1.3 10 8 $ 444,843.75
Exit 36 S 1.2 3 24 $ 185,443.55
Savings 7 $ 333,540.83
Lost Productivity - $ 2,022,830 Annually
Avg. Delay in
Min/Person-Trip
Avg. Person-
Trip/Day
Rate $/Hour Dollars/day Dollars / year
7 3400 $16.30 $ 5,542.00 $ 2,022,830.00

15. Build it!
(2022 Build)
Potential Transit Improvements
• Improved Efficiency on Routes 6 and 6A
• Regional Express
• D.W Highway Circulator Service
• Downtown Express
• Connections to Lowell
• Coordination with Passenger Rail
• Further reduce traffic in the Study Area
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 15

16. Build it!
(2022 Build)
What About Rail?
• Capitol Corridor Study is
addressing decisions related to rail
station location
• Spit Brook Road/ Former Dow
Chemical Site
• Pheasant Lane/ Tyngsborough Site
largely depends on Exit 36S
• Exit 36S improves access to both
station locations
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 16

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Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce
Build it! (2022)
Land Use- Nashua
• Largely built out
• Gateway
• Retail District
• Former Dow Chemical Parcel
• Worthen Industries Parcel
• Gateway Hills
• Transit Oriented Development
opportunities

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Build it! (2022) Land Use – Tyngsborough
• Restaurant Corridor
• Gateway
• Utilities and infrastructure
• Parcel 12-29A 55 Acres on the
MarketAddress Parcel Parcel Size
(acres)
Zoning
Classification
298 Middlesex
Road
20-40 2.00 B3
304 Middlesex
Road
19-1A 2.97 B3/I1
306 Middlesex
Road
19-1B 0.30 B3
324 Middlesex
Road
19-5 15.86 B3/I1
347 Middlesex
Road
19-9 11.09 B3
352 Middlesex
Road
19-7 6.72 B3/1
371 Middlesex
Road
12-40 .92 B3
406 Middlesex
Road
11-2 25.00 B3/I1
409 Middlesex
Road
11-24 0.83 B3
451 Middlesex
Road
11-17 0.94 B3
80 Locust Avenue 12-35-1 2.06 B3
Route 3 (limited
frontage on
Middlesex Road)
12-29A 54.93 I1
Total 123.62

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Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce
Conceptual Layout

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Intersection with
Middlesex Road
Exit 36 Off Ramp:
• Three left-turn lanes
• Two through lanes
• One right-turn lane
Pheasant Lane Exit:
• Two through lanes
• One left-turn lane
• One right-turn lane
Middlesex Road Northbound:
• Change through lane into a left turn
lane
Middlesex Road southbound:
• No changes
LOS D

21. Exit 36 Southbound
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How Much?
Exit 36S Off Ramp Planning Level Estimate
Project Component Cost
Roadway Construction $ 10,104,563.00
Bridge Construction $ 2,340,000.00
Engineering and Permitting $ 2,055,000.00
Construction Engineering $ 1,244,456.00
Rounded Total in 2014 Dollars $ 16,000,000.00
Rounded Estimate Year of
Construction (2020 dollars)
$ 19,850,000.00

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Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce
Ann McLane Kuster, U.S. Representative
New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District
Donnalee Lozeau, Mayor
Nashua, New Hampshire
Curt Bellevance, Town Administrator
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts

23. Questions?
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 23
NRPC
 Tim Roache
603-424-2240 timr@nashuarpc.org
 Justin Howard
978-454-8021 jhoward@nmcog.org
NMCOG
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