Looking forward to see how this turns out. Seems like it will go a long way towards making Littleton a more walkable town.

I have some detailed knowledge of what the plan is, it's going to be a very nice development when complete! Great improvent over what that area of town is now.

This is a good thing I just do not trust Sal Lupoli to make it so

Do you work for TEC or for the town?

It's a little worrying that on the front page of the TEC website they have a spotlight on what appears to be them "improving" a street by paving it and removing the trees.

https://theengineeringcorp.com/

Neither, but it will be a great space for the town and the developer is committed to moving quickly on it!

If I had to guess it's highlighting making that section of road more efficient and bringing in more customers to businesses. Look at the shitfight that is a Market Basket parking lot. Most people don't want to walk across a parking lot to get to a store, nevermind a couple blocks.

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And yet the site will still be majority parking lot!

Because it's a terrible parking lot layout. No clear pathways for pedestrians through the bigger lots, no traffic calming implements aside from the rotary so folks just rip through, etc. It makes more sense for someone to get in their car and drive to the other stores than to walk, which defeats the purpose of The Point.

Parking is the main reason I shop elsewhere.

What’s happening with the mill across the street from ibm

I grew up in Littleton and I think this will definitely help with that. I'll be checking it out when they get some residential options up for sure.

They're selling guns.

Hopefully not for long

Right across the street from the gun mall if anyone's looking for a place.

Where would you prefer folks buy their firearms?

I'd prefer they not.

I hope it works out. I just hope doesn't turn out to be like the development at Rockingham Park in Salem, NH. They made the race track into a mix use space as well, it not as great as they talked up about it.

My bigger fear is the sheer traffic this place is going to generate.

Way before IBM it was originally Digital's LKG1 and LKG2 facilities. Go ex-Deccies!

Yup, I worked in that very building for a while there...

Supposedly, there will be public transit options to get folks to the commuter rail station. It’d be rad if the town also started a bus route along 110 — including the Point, this development, etc.

Or we could just budget an extra 5-10 min into our travel time and not bitch about it.

This is a small suburban town, no one wants crazy/busy like that but a few. Its cars driving area, bus would get stuck in the traffic if its that popular.

Yeah, this whole area used to be "small rural/suburban towns," but that is changing (and has been changing for the past 20 years.) We can either stick our heads in the sand or be smart about it. Littleton has plenty of potential for growth without losing its rural charm (eg, Springdell Farm was just permitted to expand their composting operations, which will allow them to keep the farm.)

The best locations for growth are hubs like 119/495 and 110/495: easy on/off access to 495, most amenities are already right there (groceries, restaurants, offices, etc.) Adding a public transit/bus line option along 110 decreases traffic. Linking to the commuter rail further decreases traffic. Want less traffic? Build a robust public transit system.

They won't have budget to support robust public transit is where I'm coming from this. I've worked in this town many times, in the very building their building this project in. Most of the folks who would been able to fund it used to work in that building. Now they don't want to, they work in Boston/Cambridge.

So they got their robust transportation system, but not there.