City seeks volunteers for Master Plan Update

posted on: 5/4/2015

Wondering how you can help make a difference for Dover’s future? Here is a chance to be more involved in your community.

The Dover Planning Board and the Planning Department are seeking Dover citizens interested in volunteering to serve on a committee to update the Transportation chapter of the Dover Master Plan. The chapter, which was prepared in 2000, is being updated. As part of the process, the Planning Board will create a Steering Committee to oversee the work and to ensure ample opportunity for public participation. The Steering Committee will consist of five to seven members and will work closely with the Planning Department and the planning consultant hired by the City. The goal is to have a Steering Committee diverse in terms of interests and areas of expertise. The process is scheduled to take approximately one year.

City seeks volunteers for Master Plan update

posted on: 5/4/2015

Wondering how you can help make a difference for Dover’s future? Here is a chance to be more involved in your community.

The Dover Planning Board and the Planning Department are seeking Dover citizens interested in volunteering to serve on a committee to update the Transportation chapter of the Dover Master Plan. The chapter, which was prepared in 2000, is being updated. As part of the process, the Planning Board will create a Steering Committee to oversee the work and to ensure ample opportunity for public participation. The Steering Committee will consist of five to seven members and will work closely with the Planning Department and the planning consultant hired by the City. The goal is to have a Steering Committee diverse in terms of interests and areas of expertise. The process is scheduled to take approximately one year.

The Transportation Chapter will investigate and suggest ways that the City can evolve to meet the vision outlined in 2012 for how the City should look and feel in 2012, when it turns 400 years old. Part of that vision is that “Dover has an excellent and fully interconnected transportation system for pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicles and a public transportation system that is supportive of, and responsive to, new technology and continuous improvement.

Elements associated with that vision include:

  • A walkable community complemented by citywide pedestrian, bicycle and wheel chair accessible features using appropriate benches, signs, lighting, crosswalks and bicycle racks; 
  • A public transit system that serves the entire community;
  • Traffic calming measures are implemented to manage speeds and “pass through” traffic in the downtown and neighborhoods;
  • Physical and directional signage improvements designed to facilitate legal, safe traffic flow for vehicles and pedestrians throughout the city.

The Master Plan, which is a blueprint for the City’s future development and acts as both a reference and policy document, is updated every five to 10 years by the Planning Board. The Master Plan is designed to help a community meet change responsibly, guiding its growth in an orderly manner.

Please contact Assistant City Manager, Christopher Parker, AICP at 603-516-6008 or c.parker@dover.nh.gov if interested in serving on the Steering Committee.