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State plans five‑lane widening on Hooksett Road; town raises access and business concerns and plans outreach on TIF defeat
Summary
Town engineer Bruce Thomas summarized the state’s Hooksett Road widening (to five lanes) and a public comment deadline; committee members discussed access impacts at Mammoth Road and Parkette Pools, the possibility the state could revisit roundabout designs, and municipal outreach after a failed TIF bond vote for Exits 10–11.
Bruce Thomas, Hooksett’s town engineer, told the committee the state Department of Transportation held a public hearing on a Hooksett Road (Route 3A) widening project that would expand the road to five lanes and add signalized intersections at West Dallas Avenue and at Mammoth Road. "Basically the project is really widening it to 5 lanes and there'll now be signalized intersections at West Dallas Ave and at, and at Mammoth Road," Thomas said, and noted the state posted plan sheets and a public comment transcript is expected online.
Thomas and committee members discussed a remaining design question: whether the Mammoth Road intersection should be a roundabout or remain signalized. Committee members said the…
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