Underground parking in or near Lincoln station would be quite a challenge. The water table is very high, which would mean some pretty expensive engineering to keep an underground parking garage dry. Although, I’m sure it’s possible: think of all those skyscrapers built on landfill in Manhattan with 10 or 15 story deep basements!
Sent from my iPad > On May 30, 2022, at 20:17, Debra Daugherty <dadaughe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > How about underground parking? I realize it's cheaper to just expand the > above ground lot, but it seems like such a poor use of space. > >> On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 8:11 PM Chris McCarthy <kb1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is/was the existing parking lot cost neutral now that it sits almost empty >> on a daily basis? Would expansion be a good idea without considering the >> current situation? The only thing missing right now are tumbleweeds blowing >> by. >> >>> On Mon, May 30, 2022, 20:05 Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The proposal would be for an expansion of the town-owned lot. >>> Town pays for construction and maintenance…and, collects revenues. >>> Ideally, it would be, at worst, cost neutral. >>> >>> Sara >>> ------ >>> Sara Mattes >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On May 29, 2022, at 7:22 AM, Christopher Eliot <c...@chriseliot.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing in Lincoln >>>>> Date: May 28, 2022 at 12:07:36 PM EDT >>>>> To: Rich Rosenbaum <s...@bcdef.com> >>>>> Cc: Lincoln Talk <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Increased parking is one step-a relatively easy step…no septic issues to >>>>> address, no question of service costs…. >>>>> ------ >>>>> Sara Mattes >>>> >>>> Parking requires someone to pay for snow removal; repainting lines every >>>> 5-10 years and a 20-30 year repaving cycle. It requires some kind of >>>> management authority that will assume that cost. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>>> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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