She added that Dartmouth’s faculty “overwhelmingly” voted in February against building student residences on Garipay field. Monday’s community session ended with a discussion about the College’s sustainability goals, which entails addressing the goals in the “Our Green Future” report, and its commitment to Hanover’s transition to 100% renewable energy.įowler said that she “objects strongly” to moving undergraduates so far from the center of campus.
“We live in an area with snowfall three or four months a year, and Hanover begs for underground parking from a land use point of view but also from an environmental concerns point of view.” “The College and the town should be exploring more underground parking,” Hamlen said. “If you start pushing parking farther west, you pretty soon come up against the fact that you're right on the edge of that very steep ravine,” Fowler said.ĭuring the session, Hanover resident Bill Hamlen ’84 also inquired into whether the College plans to build underground parking, which administrators said they would consider. Fowler added that Pine Park has experienced problems of erosion from the Dartmouth golf course in the past because of the steep slopes. She noted that the west side of Lyme Road is “very flat” but then drops down to the Girl Brook ravine, which is steep. Government professor and president of the Pine Park Board of Trustees Linda Fowler expressed concerns regarding the possibility of expanding westward. The College plans to create 110 parking spaces where the apartments will be located - 100 for students and 10 for guests and staff – with the potential to add an additional 57 extra spaces if the College were to expand westward into Pine Park. The hub will serve as a centralized place for transportation needs, including electric vehicle charging and bike and scooter shares. Plans are underway to adopt an integrated campus shuttle system and see the headway reduced to six to seven minutes rather than the current 15-minute intervals.ĭirector of campus planning Joanna Whitcomb alongside development consultant Joe Shevell also described plans to create a mobility hub at the entrance of the apartment complexes, which will include a shelter for waiting for pick-up and drop-off. On Monday, new “Campus Connector” buses started running to housing in Summit on Juniper. In addition, the College announced plans to expand its campus shuttle system at the session. Plourde said he is still preparing a traffic study, conducting intersection capacity analysis and incorporating bike and pedestrian connectivity into development. While the renewal fund cannot directly fund this project, Keniston said it can go toward building “swing space.”Įstimated to house 400 undergraduate students or 300 graduate students, the complexes include gathering spaces in each of the three buildings, a fitness center and apartments for staff and faculty, according to Campus Services’ proposal.ĭuring the presentation, Jason Plourde, a transportation planner and traffic engineer at engineering firm VHB, said that development along Lyme Road will not have a notable impact on traffic.
Keniston added that the College must use “currently available resources” to fund the project, including institutional reserves or the infrastructure renewal fund. Vice president of campus services and institutional projects Josh Keniston said the College plans to complete the project by fall of 2025, with construction beginning “at some point next year.” The session included presentations about transportation, parking and multi-modal access and project sustainability goals. On Monday evening, the College held the third of five community sessions to discuss and gather feedback for its plan to build three apartment-style residential buildings along the west side of Lyme Road.
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