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- Solicitation number
- 2026-17 CONL
- Issued by
- New London County, Connecticut
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This is a concept design exhibit for Atlantic Street Park in New London, Connecticut, prepared by the City of New London in conjunction with professional design services solicitation. The exhibit presents a comprehensive landscape and site plan for a new public linear park along Atlantic Street in downtown New London, featuring multiple integrated design elements and amenities. Key project components include gateway and wayfinding signage at the Eugene O'Neill Drive entrance, reduction of Atlantic Street to 24 feet wide with landscaped bump-outs incorporating ornamental grasses, colorful perennials, and native shade trees, and a redesigned pedestrian bridge ensuring ADA compliance with climbing vines and murals. The design incorporates a decorative paved roundabout for hotel pick-up and drop-off access, a meandering walkway system with mixed paving materials and various seating options including bistro tables and benches, a children's play area with colorful surfacing and water features, and an amphitheater-style seating area oriented toward Nathan Hale School. Additional features include a focal sculpture in a raised planter, security bollards for emergency vehicular access, stormwater infiltration areas, tree uplighting and access lighting throughout the park, and nautical-themed art installations with perforated wall panels screening adjacent parking structures.
The exhibit serves as the design concept basis for the City's Request for Proposals for professional design services with a submission deadline of July 17, 2026. The scope of work encompasses landscape architecture, civil engineering, mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP), stormwater design, and green infrastructure services. The project coordinates with adjacent facilities including the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, public and private parking facilities, and future residential and hotel developments. The City encourages Minority and Women's Business Enterprises to apply and notes the contract is subject to Connecticut state spending allocation goals and contract compliance requirements. Complete solicitation documents, including detailed specifications, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions, are available through the City's procurement portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/newlondonct, which was updated as of June 15, 2026.
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1 GATEWAY/ WAYFINDING SIGNAGE AT EUGENE O’NEILL DRIVE ENTRANCE TO WELCOME AND
GUIDE VISITORS TO THE PARK, HOTEL AND PARKING GARAGE.
REDUCE THE WIDTH OF ATLANTIC STREET TO 24’ WIDE BY CREATING A LANDSCAPED BUMP
OUT WITH ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, COLORFUL PERENNIALS AND NATIVE SHADE TREES.
PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CONCRETE SIDEWALK WITH BENCHES.
COLUMNAR EVERGREEN SHRUBS ALONG BUILDING SCREEN THE GROUND FLOOR OF
GARAGE.
DECORATIVE PAVED ROUNDABOUT ALLOWS VEHICLES TO TURN AROUND WHEN NOT
ENTERING THE PARKING GARAGE AND DOUBLES AS DEDICATED HOTEL PICK-UP/DROP-OFF
AREA.
PROVIDE SIDEWALK CONNECTION FROM PARKING GARAGE TO ATLANTIC STREET PARK.
REDESIGN THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO EXTEND ACCESSIBILITY TO HOTEL LOBBY, PARKING
GARAGE AND THE PARK, ENSURING ADA COMPLIANCE. ENHANCE THE BRIDGE WITH
CLIMBING VINES AND MURALS ON THE GARAGE SIDE TO CREATE VISUAL APPEAL.
MAINTAIN ACCESS TO EXISTING PARKING GARAGES.
BUILD A RETAINING WALL TO MITIGATE EROSION WHILE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR
VEGETATION, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AND PARK AREA.
INTEGRATE EVERGREEN TREES/SHRUBS, AND PERFORATED WALL PANELS WITH NAUTICAL-
THEMED ART TO SCREEN GARAGE AND ELEVATE BRANDING.
MEANDERING WALKWAY THROUGH ATLANTIC STREET PARK INCORPORATING MIXED PAVING
MATERIALS - COLORED CONCRETE FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND PEA GRAVEL FOR SEATING
AREAS.
IMPLEMENT SECURITY AND AUTOMATIC RISING BOLLARDS TO REGULATE EMERGENCY
VEHICULAR ACCESS.
PASSIVE SEATING PLAZA WITH INTEGRATED BENCHES AND COLORFUL BISTRO TABLES AND
CHAIRS.
FOCAL SCULPTURE IN RAISED PLANTER, SURROUNDED BY COLORFUL PERENNIALS AND
GROUNDCOVER WITH UPLIGHTING TO MARK BUILDING ENTRY.
ACTIVE SEATING AREA FOR DAYTIME FOOD TRUCKS THAT TRANSITIONS INTO A PASSIVE
GATHERING SPACE AT NIGHT WITH CATENARY LIGHTING.
STANDARD CONCRETE PAVING FOR ON-GRADE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO ACCOMMODATE
EMERGENCY SERVICE AND BUILDING TRASH COLLECTION.
ALLOW FOR A 15-FOOT-WIDE, THREE-POINT TURNAROUND FOR VEHICLES. ENCLOSE
RESIDENTIAL TRASH AREA WITH FENCING AND GATES. ALLOWING FUTURE USE FOR FOOD
TRUCK PARKING.
PROVIDE FOUNDATION PLANTING WITH FLOWERING SHRUBS AND VIBRANT PERENNIALS
ALONG THE EXISTING PRIVATE ALLEY.
DECORATIVE PAVED ROUNDABOUT DESIGNED TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND
PROVIDE DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP ACCESS TO ATLANTIC STREET PARK.
INSTALL “ATLANTIC STREET PARK” SCULPTURAL SIGNAGE AS A WELCOME FEATURE TO THE
PARK FROM WATER STREET ENTRANCE.
CONCRETE SEAT WALL TRANSITIONS INTO AMPHITHEATER AREA ORIENTED TOWARD
NATHAN HALE SCHOOL, FOLLOWING THE SITE’S NATURAL SLOPE. THE SPACE WILL
FUNCTION AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM OR EVENT SPACE FOR THE MUSEUM, WITH
SEATING INTEGRATED INTO LAWN.
PLAY AREA WITH COLORFUL PLAYGROUND SURFACING, A SMALL WATER FEATURE, SWINGS
AND SYNTHETIC LAWN MOUNDS WITH WOOD LOG PLAY FEATURES AND SLIDE.
INSTALL TREE UPLIGHTING AND CREATE LAWN MOUNDS THROUGHOUT THE PARK. PLACE
RECLAIMED GRANITE BLOCKS ON THE MOUND FOR SEATING AND PLAY OPPORTUNITIES.
STORMWATER INFILTRATION AREAS MANAGE SHEETFLOW FROM HARDSCAPE AREAS.
DECORATIVE CROSSWALK
NATIVE SHADE TREES, FLOWERING SHRUBS, AND VIBRANT PERENNIALS THROUGH OUT THE
PARK.
ACCESS LIGHTING THROUGHOUT ATLANTIC STREET PARK ENSURES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
PROVIDE SIDEWALK CONNECTION FROM PARKING GARAGE TO ATLANTIC STREET PARK.
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