Intown Concord

🚧 Road Closures for Market Days! 🚧

Please be aware that Main Street will be temporarily closed from Thursday, June 25th at 4 AM to Sunday, June 28th at 1 AM. Additionally, the following side streets will also be closed: Pleasant, Depot, Warren, School, Capitol, and Park Streets.

All cars not moved from these zones by 4 AM on Thursday, June 25th will be towed! Please set a reminder to avoid being towed!

See you for the festivities at Market Days at 10 am on Thursday!

We’re excited to share that Market Days will be safer than ever this year, thanks to new security barricades purchased by the City of Concord. Even better, the cost was fully funded through a Homeland Security Grant.

For years, finding a way to better protect festival entry points while maintaining emergency vehicle access has been a challenge. We’re grateful to finally have a solution and especially thankful to the Concord Fire Department for their leadership and partnership throughout this process.

Safety matters, and we’re proud to continue making Market Days a safe and welcoming event for everyone.

The City of Concord will be debuting Modular Vehicle Barriers during Intown Concord’s Market Days Festival on June 25-27, aimed at making this event and future events safer for the community. The barriers will be stationed at the festival’s major intersections. 🚧⛔️

The MVB3X Modular Vehicle Barrier System is a portable vehicular barrier system designed and tested to minimize vehicle intrusions. This system is used all over the world for temporary street closures to help protect pedestrians in public areas during events and large gatherings. Upon impact, the vehicle’s momentum is forced downward, which neutralizes the forward movement, stopping the vehicle quickly. The barrier system is designed to be easily moved should emergency services need to access an area. 🚑

The City has been working on acquiring the barriers for eight years with the support of organizations like Intown Concord, which puts on numerous major events in downtown Concord throughout the year. Many of their events require street closures.

“Public Safety is our number one priority when planning public events in Concord,” said Jessica Martin, Executive Director of Intown Concord. “We are grateful to the Concord Fire Department for their commitment to keeping our community safe and seeing this lengthy process through completion.”

The traffic barriers were purchased for approximately $250,000 through a U.S. Homeland Security grant.

Thank you to the Concord, NH Fire Department for their efforts in acquiring these barriers! 👏 Included is photo with an example of how they are set up.