Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell spent much of his time walking up and down North Main Street admiring all the shiny new amenities while taking breaks to pen his last city memo before the Thanksgiving holiday on the strategically placed red benches. And here it is for your consumption. Just think of it as your turkey day appetizer that you can’t eat.
Holiday time
City offices closed
In observance of Thanksgiving, all city offices and the Concord Public Library will be closed on Thursday and Friday.
In addition, all city offices, including the Concord Public Library, will close at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aspell writes. Sure must be nice to get those kind of long holiday weekends.
Getting busy
Now that’s a lot of leaves
Concord General Services crews have finished their third week of fall leaf collection, and they have already collected 617 tons of leaves throughout different areas of the city, Aspell writes. And in case you’re no mathematician or don’t like to use a calculator, that’s 1,234, 000 pounds.
Crews will continue to make their way around the city until the program ends on Dec. 11 weather permitting. Residents may bring their leaves to Earth Materials Recycling Center for free (with proof of residency) if the load is smaller than the bed of a non-commercial pick-up truck. Earth Materials Recycling Center will have extended hours on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. to noon, weather permitting., Aspell writes. So for all you slackers out there who forgot to rake your leaves to the curb, here’s your chance to get rid of them – assuming it doesn’t snow by then.
For more information and to view the Fall Leaf Collection map to see the areas where crews have already collected, visit concordnh.gov/leafcollection.
Safety first
New markings on the road
Bicycle lane symbols and educational signage, which was donated to the city as part of a $17,000 grant from the Central N.H. Bicycling Coalition, have been installed along the Route 3 corridor. The bike lane symbols complete the intent of the 2007 Route 3 Corridor Study of creating a designated bicycle lane.
The “wrong way” and “ride with traffic signs” are part of an effort to educate the public that people riding bicycles should ride with traffic, Aspell writes. And it will certainly make a difference assuming people can ride and read at the same time.
A significant number of bicycle crashes that occur in the city are due, in part, from people riding against the traffic.
