'Perfect site': Downtown Portsmouth micro-apartments plan gets rave reviews He added that developers are “trying to provide pedestrian and bike conductivity to that rail trail.” The sidewalk will run throughout the development and access two pocket parks planned for the project, one that’s for residents only and one that’s open to the public, Colwell said.ĭevelopers are also proposing creating a public pathway that will run from the second pocket park “along the northerly property line adjacent to the Fish and Game property all the way out to the existing Boston and Maine railroad, where there’s an existing rail trail,” he said. More: Housing units proposed for Peverly Hill Road The 56 single-family homes proposed for the development will be between 2,200 to 2,900 square feet, he said. “The rest of it, two thirds or more, is to be preserved in the form of a conservation easement.” “The planned unit development will be built on less than a third of this property,” Colwell said.
