NASHUA – Aldermen on Tuesday approved spending another $44,000 on the final design contract for the Broad Street Parkway, pushing the design phase of the project north of $1 million.
The contract amendment, which includes work on revising the Nashua River bridge design, surface treatment enhancements, provisions for bid alternatives and geotechnical engineering around the future Baldwin and Fairmount Street bridges, brings the total award to Burlington, Mass.-based Fay, Spoffard & Thorndike, LLC – the engineers behind the design – to $1,021,807.
The Board of Public Works and the aldermanic Finance Committee approved the contract amendment earlier this month. Because the revision brought the contract to more than $1 million, it required the aldermen’s approval Tuesday.
The board also voted to waive the reconsideration period for the contract amendment so Fay, Spoffard & Thorndike could begin the redesign work immediately. Members of the board who vote on the prevailing end of a decision typically can bring it up for reconsideration at the next meeting.
Fay, Spoffard & Thorndike is redesigning the river bridge to sit on the ground without a long retaining wall originally planned, which would have put the bridge at 10 feet above grade. It also is working on design alternatives based on proposed enhancements to the bridge that the Board of Public Works approved and aldermen discussed earlier this year.
Some residents Tuesday raised concerns about the rising contract cost.
“I’m rather worried about this continuing cost increase that we’re seeing from FST on the bridge design,” said Geoff Daly, a Nashua resident and regular critic in the chambers.
Daly said he requested explanations for the increase but got no response.![]()
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