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Residents' requests for streetlights and crosswalks noted; intersection may qualify for state safety funds
Summary
Committee members discussed two resident streetlight requests and a sidewalk/crosswalk request at Londonderry Turnpike and Whitehall Road tied to a recent serious accident; town engineer advised the state may fund part of major intersection fixes if accident thresholds are met.
A participant told the committee the town has roughly 409 streetlights and has received two verbal requests—for Dartmouth Street at Route 3 and for Royals Oak Drive—which he said he would reduce to the committee's formal request form for consideration.
He also raised a crosswalk and sidewalk request at Londonderry Turnpike and Whitehall Road following a serious accident involving a former councilor's daughter. Town engineer Bruce Thomas explained that large intersections are often state-controlled, and that the state Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) can provide partial funding when serious accidents meet program thresholds. "We have 409 street lights in town," the participant said, urging caution that requests be based on need rather than political favoritism.
Thomas cautioned that intersection work (for example adding turn lanes) can be costly and may require property acquisition; he recommended pursuing SNHPC audits and potential state funding but warned that state funding timelines are uncertain.
