Data collection intern Monique Duchesne sets a traffic count in Farmington Source:SRPC
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Principal regional planner Kyle Pimental attended the
Southeast Land Trust (SELT)
Land Stewardship Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 10 at the Durham Town Hall. “SELT is a nonprofit land trust whose mission is “to protect and sustain the significant lands in our communities for clean water, fresh food, outdoor recreation, healthy forests, and wildlife."
Kyle represents SRPC on SELT’s Land Stewardship Committee and recently offered technical assistance as SELT plans for a trail network for multiple uses on the newly conserved Stonehouse Forest easement in Barrington. One of the terms of the easement is the development of a recreation trail management plan, which is being prepared by Ellen Snyder of Ibis Wildlife Consulting. Kyle will be assisting by providing additional data and mapping assistance as necessary.
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Data collection staffers Stefanie Casella and Monique Duchesne had a busy week setting traffic counts in Farmington and conducting sidewalk assessments as part of the Road Surface Management System (RSMS) program in Nottingham. Six counts were set in Farmington to collect data for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT). NHDOT traffic counts are set on a rotating schedule to facilitate comparisons and the results of the counts are available online. Communities can request supplemental counts for their own purposes.
The team completed sidewalk assessments in Nottingham along Deerfield Road, Old Gile Road, Mitchell Road, Case Road, Oak Ridge Road, Mill Pond Road, Shadow Lane, Round Pond Road, McCrillis Road, Camelot Court, West Lane, East Lane, Lavoie Drive, Fork Hill Road, Dwight Road, Flutter Street, Friar Tuck Lane, Sutton Street, Shannon Drive, and Autumn Lane. Sidewalk assessments are made using an iPad version of ArcGIS Online, where data and GPS information can be documented.
To learn more about the Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization's data collection work, check out SRPC's
Facebook page
and
Twitter
feeds and follow the #datadaysofsummer, or visit
http://strafford.org/mapgis/sades_culvert.php
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Three SRPC staffers attended a design charrette in downtown Rochester on Wednesday, July 12. This event, organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the City, is an early phase of the EPA Greening America's Communities program, through which the City received $45,000. The funding will be used for technical assistance related to the redesign and beautification of two areas of downtown Rochester.
The charrette was organized into three sessions: economic development, green infrastructure and landscape, and multi-modal transportation. James Burdin, regional economic development planner, attended the first session, where attendees were asked to comment on proposed designs and their impact on increasing the downtown's vibrancy to encourage more business and visitors. Kyle Pimental, principal regional planner, attended the second focus group which included discussion on topics such as stormwater best management practices and incorporating landscaping for a more green design. This serves a purpose for both aesthetics and for addressing water quality issues. Colin Lents, regional transportation planner, attended the third and final session focused on topics such as streetscaping, pedestrian safety, and traffic calming.
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