Fire at Hunters IGA in Wolfeboro?

[TheTimeTraveler]

Originally Posted by TCC

"Dysfunctional parking lot"? I don't recall ever having any significant problems there. How did you find it problematic?

Spaces are tight, most spaces have a pitch, not an easy lot to navigate during busy times.......

[tis]

Originally Posted by TheTimeTraveler

Spaces are tight, most spaces have a pitch, not an easy lot to navigate during busy times.......

I agree, when they changed the directions the last time, it became difficult. But don't go to Walgreen's now if you don't need to! There was digging and all kind of equipment in front and you could hardly get through. The ramp was blocked off. When we left, somebody had parked in an end spot so if you had parked in the upper part, like we did, you really were blocked. We barely squeezed through but it was so close I got out of the car to make sure we were ok.

[Triboro]

I watched the planning board meetings when Hunter's were presenting their new plans. They are installing some type underground filtering system for rain runoff from the roof. I admit I didn't fully understand it. Representatives from one of the Lake Associations were concerned with what flows into the bay. Hunters did not have any system before the fire but were adding one to be able to rebuild. The planning board meetings are on Wolfeboro Community TV and can be accessed through You-Tube.

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by Triboro

I watched the planning board meetings when Hunter's were presenting their new plans. They are installing some type underground filtering system for rain runoff from the roof. I admit I didn't fully understand it. Representatives from one of the Lake Associations were concerned with what flows into the bay. Hunters did not have any system before the fire but were adding one to be able to rebuild. The planning board meetings are on Wolfeboro Community TV and can be accessed through You-Tube.

This is excellent news and probably decades overdue, though I do not mean to be critical of Hunter's past practices--it's all of us. The biggest strain on the lake is our collective development before we appreciated the dangers of runoff.

[Descant]

Not so long ago, folks in NH knew how to walk on ice and snow. Now, they fall and sue and owners of parking lots are "forced" to use lots of salt. I imagine the system is similar to what went into the parking lot redevelopment in Glendale with the new MP HQ project. Bravo Hunters.

[Blue Thunder]

Originally Posted by Triboro

I watched the planning board meetings when Hunter's were presenting their new plans. They are installing some type underground filtering system for rain runoff from the roof. I admit I didn't fully understand it. Representatives from one of the Lake Associations were concerned with what flows into the bay. Hunters did not have any system before the fire but were adding one to be able to rebuild. The planning board meetings are on Wolfeboro Community TV and can be accessed through You-Tube.

What they are doing is now required by Federal law. For development or re-development of a site, a Stormwater Management Plan is required. Post development runoff must be less than it was prior to development. Roof drains are directed to underground chambers that provide infiltration back into the ground. I would suspect that there will be significant drainage structures (catch basins) that will capture parking lot runoff as well.

[LIforrelaxin]

So I was just catching up on this thread... As mentioned part of this project will be conforming to new codes and ordinances that are in place. They will likely work the entire site over, and digging deep isn't a big surprise, they have to have support that goes beneath the frost line.... for the structure itself.....

Any thoughts of underground storage or parking are not likely..... that would be additional cost, that the insurance company would not cover.... Insurance will cover making the business whole again, but will not pay for any improvements and may not even cover all the improvements needed to bring everything up to code....