Shep Browns proposed expansion

[Garcia]

Originally Posted by Bear Guy

A few thoughts already shared in this thread: https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...ad.php?t=27178

Sorry for any confusion. Basically, Browns is looking to relocate its forklift well, rental boat slips and gas dock to the other end of the marina, at the end of what is now a gravel road. They want to build two new buildings with parking and create an access road for the forklift where there is currently a large stand of tall pines. In addition, they want to build a new showroom closer to the water - as near as I can tell where the existing gravel road is.

There have been some hearings about it with more to come. Some see the expansion as good as it will increase Browns private parking (for rental, sales, and slip customers) and move the busy forklift away from the current public lot and ramp. Others see this as a major expansion that greatly alters the shorefront and goes against established zoning. In addition the increased asphalt either adds to contaminants getting into the lake or decreases it, depending on who you listen to.

Hopefully I have captured the gist of the plan.

[Descant]

More pavement, properly installed, may be better than a gravel surface that tends to wash away. The new MP headquarters in Glendale, added "pervious" surfaces as opposed to the old impervious parking and gravel areas. The whole redevelopment is VERY environmentally conscious. No reason Shep's can't do the same.

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by Descant

More pavement, properly installed, may be better than a gravel surface that tends to wash away. The new MP headquarters in Glendale, added "pervious" surfaces as opposed to the old impervious parking and gravel areas. The whole redevelopment is VERY environmentally conscious. No reason Shep's can't do the same.

Pervious pavement is an excellent alternative, it provides ample drainage like a gravel pavement but also does not wash away, additionally it is not a petroleum based product like asphalt so the water drainage will be relatively free of pollutants. The only negative it is tends to be most costly that gravel and asphalt

[Descant]

Originally Posted by joey2665

Pervious pavement is an excellent alternative, it provides ample drainage like a gravel pavement but also does not wash away, additionally it is not a petroleum based product like asphalt so the water drainage will be relatively free of pollutants. The only negative it is tends to be most costly that gravel and asphalt

Agree. And understood, but what's the cost of going back and de-contaminating the water? Or periodically replacing gravel that washes away?
There's always a trade-off.

[fatlazyless]

Thursday, May 19, 2022; so, what's happening, if anything, with the town design construction, grass and tree improvements at Lovejoy Sands/Shep Brown public parking lot and public town docks and boat launch ramp?

Is anything happening ........ waz-up with the discussed public town improvements down the public parking lot on Lovejoy Sands Rd?

[fatlazyless]

Saturday, May 21; went down there, yesterday, and nothing is happening? Assume the ongoing DPW large building construction just below the transfer station is what's happening for this year, and maybe this proposed Lovejoy Sands green-up design will be happening, next year?