HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP-22-034 Hotel - Supplemental - 1200 Airport Drive (5)Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
136 West Street Suite 203, Northampton MA 01060-3711
May 5, 2022
File: 195311636
Attention: Marla Keene, Development Review Planner
City of South Burlington
575 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Dear Marla,
Reference: Proposed BTV Airport Hotel
Per your request, we have updated our traffic forecasts for the proposed hotel at the Burlington Airport. The
update reflects a change in the building program increasing the number of hotel rooms from 118 to 119.
The proposed change will not measurably increase the expected hotel vehicle trip generation.
Traffic forecasts for a proposed 105-room hotel were first provided in a letter to you dated May 2, 2019 and
most recently updated on March 25, 2022 to reflect an increase in proposed rooms to 118. The trip
estimates were developed based on trip generation data published by the Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE) adjusted to account for the unique location of this hotel. Since the hotel is sited on the
airport property, a portion of the hotel guests are expected to include airline flight crew members. Flight
crew members, who can walk between the hotel and airport terminal, would generate fewer vehicle trips
than guests at the hotels included in the ITE database. Data gathered at another on-airport hotel and data
collected relative to possible hotel demand from flight crews was used to adjust the ITE rates. The data
indicated that on-airport hotel trip rates are 40 to 47 percent lower than the average ITE rate of 0.60 PM
peak hour trips per hotel room. Consequently, an adjusted trip rate of 0.34 trips per hotel room was applied
to the proposed hotel. The 118-room hotel was expected to generate 40 PM peak hour trips. Applying the
same trip rate, the slightly larger, 119-room hotel, is also expected to generate 40 PM peak hour trips.
We trust this information will help inform your review of the hotel proposal. Please do not hesitate to contact
us if you have questions.
Regards,
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Rick Bryant, P.E.
Senior Associate
Phone: 413 387 4502
Rick.Bryant@stantec.com
c. Chris Gendron
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