Recent Transportation Infrastructure Summit Discusses Importance of Pettengill

Senator Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, participated in a transportation infrastructure summit on March 30 in Manchester. The event, billed as “Paths to the Future”, concentrated on the status of road and bridge projects related to the widening of I-93 and was organized by the Greater Derry/Londonderry Chamber of Commerce.

Carson noted the event included an important discussion of the future of Pettengill Road which is an extremely timely, I-93 related project.  “The recent opening of the Raymond Wiezorek Drive connecting the Everett Turnpike with the Manchester/Boston Regional Airport has created a renewed interest in how Pettengill should be developed,” she said.

She added, “Due to its close proximity to the airport and Wiezorek Drive, there is tremendous potential here to attract more commercial businesses in the Pettengill Road area which would create thousands of new jobs in Londonderry.  Since its major upgrades in 1994, the airport has proven to be an amazing economic engine for our area with nearly one thousand acres surrounding it still to be developed.  As a result, Pettengill could play a key role in any future development.  But with all this potential, our challenge continues to be funding. That’s why bringing so many interested parties together for a summit like this is so important.”