By Jonathan Phelps, New Hampshire Union Leader
Over the objections of dozens of business owners and residents, concrete barriers will return to downtown Nashua to allow expanded outdoor dining.
The ordinance permits the barriers for the next three years. Unlike the past two years, all the barriers will be painted the same brick-red color.
The ordinance passed 11-4 Tuesday night.
Plans have been scaled back, with fewer barriers and the restoration of two parking spaces in front of 100 Main St. To ease traffic flow, some of the barriers will not return.
The issue sparked much debate in the Gate City for weeks, fueled by hundreds of emails both for and against sent to aldermen and a task force.
