Reworking of the docks/parking area at Shep Brown’s
Anyone attend the Select Board meeting on 6/21 when this was discussed?
My quick observations:
1) spending $520,000 (nearly 1/3 of the total cost) to add permanent bathroom facilities seems excessive. The portalets that have been in use for years meet the need and for a lot less money. That’s mostly a parking area, not a destination….
2). adding medians alongside Lovejoy Sands Rd at the parking area? Looks like that reduces at least 3 parking spaces just for aesthetics…. In total, these plans look like they reduce total available parking by 5 or 6 spaces.
3). Love the idea of extending the right-side dock out deeper and creating a section reserved for loading/offloading.
4). Moving the left-side dock further left to make passage between the two dock better is a great idea.
5). The fundamental issue is and will remain the lack of parking during the summer, so anything that reduces parking spaces is counter-productive. Wonder what it would cost or is even practical to consider widening Lovejoy Sands road with upgraded drainage so that parking would be possible on at least one side of the road. I’d spend $500,000 there long before adding a bathroom building.
Just my 2cents.
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