Elkins Village New London Transportation Enhancement Program Application

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Elkins VillageNew LondonTransportation
Enhancement Program Application

• Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning
  Commission
• Transportation Advisory Committee
• October 13, 2009

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Elkins Village, est. 1835
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Elkins Village
Marshalls Garage
Old Mill Pond Park
Wilmot Town Line Park Go Mart
Scythe Co. building pond
Elkins Beach Post Office
Boat Launch Approx. 1500 boats per summer
Melendy Park Pleasant Lake Dam
Wide intersection
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Marshalls Garage
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Elkins Post Office Beach
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Elkins Road at Elkins Post Office Beach
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Elkins Road at Boat Launch
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Boat Launch
Stormwater runs off from road into Pleasant Lake
at boat launch
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Intersection of Elkins Wilmot Center Roads
Parking for Elkins Dam Melendy Park
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Existing Sidewalk at Elkins Bandstand
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Scythe Co. building, c. 1880
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Back of Scythe Co. building from Elkins Road
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Scythe Co. building as Concord Coach stop
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Scytheville Park
On this site stood the office and paint shop of
the New London Scythe Co. with the factory
building just below to the left.
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Road at edge of Scytheville Park
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Scytheville Park Elkins Road
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Bridge back of stream
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Our grant seeks to do the following

• Build sidewalks and/or bike lanes or shared use
  lanes to improve accessibility and mobility and
  provide connections and create walkable patterns
  between existing sidewalks, public spaces, and
  businesses
• Improve area around beach, post office boat
  launch for pedestrian/bicycle/motor vehicle/boat
  trailer safety, as well as stormwater purposes.
• Improve streetscape per planning workshops,
  including trees and other plantings, lighting and
  benches
• Purchase historic Scythe Co. building for
  renovation as a tourist/welcome center and Elkins
  Village museum to preserve this historic
  resource, enhance tourism and encourage local
  economic development.

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Elkins Village
Marshalls Garage
Old Mill Pond Park
Scythe Co. building pond
Elkins Beach Post Office
Wilmot Town Line
Boat Launch Approx. 1500 boats per summer
Wide intersection
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Planning Background

• This project has been the subject of many
  community-wide planning discussions
• 1998 Master Plan raised sidewalk needs in
  Elkins
• 2005 UVLSRPC conducted Elkins Village Planning
  Study
• 2008 CHA performed public charrette to identify
  community preferences.

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Summary of Findings from 2005 Conceptual Land
Use Plan

• Rezone commercial area to Village District to
  ensure traditional design and village scale.
• Encourage/support small-scale, mixed-uses.
• Create aquifer protection overlay district.
• Investigate pros and cons of sewering the
  village.
• Investigate town acquisition of the dam.
• Create a beautification committee (historical
  lighting, flower baskets, historic markers,
  etc.).
• Maintain post office in current location.
• Develop a parking plan and ways to delineate
  spaces on gravel lots.
• Improve access and egress to post office and
  beach parking lots.
• Increase parking enforcement at the beach and the
  post office do not provide more parking at the
  beach.
• Improve traffic safety and reduce traffic speeds
  (e.g. speed signs, speed bumps, reconfigure
  intersection).
• Improve bicycle and pedestrian safety.
• Create an historic trail or self-guided walking
  tour.

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2008 Charrette Priorities

• Historical integrity of village/ Beautification
• Zoning and sewers to encourage mixed-uses
• Environmental protection
• Environmental sustainability (compact/walkable)
• Restoration of the dam
• Parking
• Traffic safety/ Bicycle and Pedestrian safety
• Restore village as center of civic life
• Create local jobs/ Improve tax base/ Help local
  businesses
• Provide diversity of housing types

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Post Office Beach Concept
Parking Lot not included in grant application
Median for traffic calming
Sidewalk for pedestrian safety
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Grant Components

• Planning/Design/Engineering 125,000
• Archaeological/Historic Impact 24,000
• Right-of-Way 25,000
• Building Purchase 100,000
• Construction 550,000
• Construction Engineering (7) 38,500
• Total Estimated Project Budget 862,500

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How our project fits into TE program requirements

• Creates facilities for pedestrians bicycles
• Provides safety and educational activities for
  pedestrians bicyclists
• Includes acquisition of scenic easements and
  scenic or historic sites
• Provides scenic historic highway programs
  (including tourist welcome center facilities)
• Provides landscaping and other scenic
  beautification
• Provides historic preservation
• Provides archaeological planning and research
• Provides environmental mitigation (stormwater
  runoff) and
• Stimulates local economic development.

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Thank you!

• Bob MacMichael and Maureen Prohl
• Elkins residents
• Jessie Levine
• New London Town Administrator