Derry
Council to invites public to offer input on Route 28 plan
DERRY — As progress continues on Derry's plan to widen and improve parts of the Route 28/Manchester Road area, 17 parcels are set to be affected by the reconstruction efforts and are earmarked for right-of-way upgrades.
Town council will hear input on the Route 28 plan at a public hearing on Jan. 5 at the municipal center on Manning Street.
This past summer, town council revisited a plan to continue its work on the tax-increment finance, or TIF, district, where Route 28 would be widened from Ross' Corner (corner of Tsienneto and Folsom roads) north to the Londonderry line, in the hopes of luring businesses and economic development to the area.
Council then moved forward and passed a petition to expand the right of way on specific parcels in that area, sending out letters of intent to businesses and locations affected by the TIF work.
The TIF district came about several years ago as a way to widen the road heading north on Route 28 toward Londonderry and to create an area that is attractive to new business and development. Money collected from the developed area's taxes then go to help pay off interest and eventual principal on the bond.
The total cost of the TIF district work in Derry is estimated at almost $6 million, including money the town has already invested into engineering costs and plans. The State of New Hampshire DOT has also agreed to pitch in $700,000 as part of a state aid grant.
Derry Public Works director Michael Fowler told council earlier this year that preliminary plans are in place and the work could begin soon.
"There is no reason you couldn't have an April 2010 start," said Fowler about the TIF startup schedule.
In addition to the Route 28 issue, council also hosts a public hearing on the issue of road salt reduction at the Jan. 5 meeting.
The road salt issue has come to light as the town plans to use at least 10 percent less salt next year and save the town about $20,000 by joining the state's salt-reduction program.
The state program will make Derry eligible to receive some of the $2.5 million in federal money designated for the program and earmarked to upgrade equipment the town uses when treating winter roads for snow cover and ice.
Fowler said the state has asked communities to decrease salt usage because the widening of Interstate 93 will add more salt to the Beaver Brook watershed and other watersheds.
Fowler added Derry is working on a salt-management plan with the University of New Hampshire, which will specify how much salt should be used on main and residential streets. The program could start next winter.
The Jan. 5 meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal center's third floor meeting room.
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