The Town of Colchester requested CCRPC staff expertise in evaluating congestion and examining alternatives for improvement at the Bayside Park signalized intersection. Alternatives focused on congestion reduction while also attempting to increase land-use connectivity between Bayside Park and Bayside Beach

CCRPC staff worked with Town staff to evaluate multiple transportation alternatives in order to improve capacity at the Bayside Park intersection. Alternatives 3B and 4B were the alternatives recommended for land use analysis. The purpose of the land use analysis was to determine the amount of development (in terms of new dwelling units and commercial floor area) that could occur given the increased capacity and additional trips that could be accommodated through the Bayside Park intersection as a result of the transportation improvements. This memo also estimates tax revenue associated with the additional development for Alternative 3B.

The Exit 17 Scoping Study was initiated in the spring of 2013 through its inclusion in the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission’s (CCRPC) Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The focus of this scoping study was to develop and evaluate build alternatives for relieving congestion, increasing safety, and improving bicycle conditions at the I-89 Exit 17 interchange and adjacent intersection of US 2 and US 7—locally known as Chimney Corners—near the Colchester/Milton town line in Chittenden County, Vermont.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate traffic and circulation issues associated with the construction of a new local road connecting VT-2A (Park Street) and VT-117 (Maple Street). This memorandum includes a traffic assessment, conceptual plans, and estimated costs for the proposed connector road.

This 2009 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) focuses on proposed changes for portions of the previously approved Burlington Southern Connector/Champlain Parkway Project. The approved project involves the construction of approximately 2.3 miles of highway known as the Southern Connector/Champlain Parkway, commencing at the interchange of I-189 with Shelburne Street (U.S. Route 7), and extending westerly and northerly to the City Center District (CCD) within the City of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. Previously, a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) (FHWA-VT-EIS-77-02-F) was completed in 1979, with the approval of a Selected Alternative by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). One section (the C-1 Section, which is approximately 0.6 miles in length) of the 1979 Selected Alternative has been constructed, but has never been opened to vehicular traffic as its intended function.

This Scoping Report has been prepared for the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization (CCMPO) and the Town of Colchester by McFarland-Johnson (MJ). MJ was retained by the CCMPO to provide Phase A (Scoping) design services for the Campus Connector Road in the Town of Colchester, Vermont.