Metrobus Transit Study.pdf - City of St. John's

St. John’s Transportation Commission (Metrobus) 2011
Market Assessment and Strategic Directions Study – Part C: Assessment of Market Opportunities
Harvey’s Industrial Park and Stavanger Drive Retail Area
Harvey’s Industrial Park (Stavanger Drive retail area) is located east of the Airport at the northern
edge of the urban boundary. It is served by Route 3 connecting to Torbay Road Mall, Downtown,
and Village Shopping Centre and by Route 23 connecting to Avalon Mall and Memorial University.
This area is well served with routes providing good coverage and direct service to all major transit
hubs. Route 23 does not provide service on Sundays or late evening service on Saturdays.
Donovan’s, Beclin and St. Anne’s Industrial Parks
Donovan’s and Beclin Industrial Parks are located beside each other at the western edge of Mount
Pearl. St. Anne’s Industrial Park is just west of the aforementioned parks in Paradise. Only one route
(Route 22) traverses through the Donovan’s and Beclin Industrial parks, leaving much of the area
without service. Route 22 connects into the Village Shopping Centre and also serves the residential
communities in Mount Pearl. At Village Shopping Centre connections can be made to 10 other
routes to access various locations within the service area. Route 22 has limited weekday peak time
service at a 60 minute frequency. No service is provided to the St. Anne’s Industrial Park. It should
be noted that service to these industrial parks is under the jurisdiction of other municipalities. A
modified service agreement would need to be in place with Mount Pearl to alter service to
Donovan’s and Beclin Industrial Parks and a new service agreement would need to be in place with
Paradise to offer service to St. Anne’s Industrial Park.
7.6 Tourism / Recreation
Prominent tourism attractions in the St. John’s area are often outside of the urban area and include
scenic coastal routes, rural communities and hiking trails. However, for the over 300,000 tourists
arriving from outside of Newfoundland, St. John’s International Airport is the major access point to
the St. John’s area. There are a cluster of heritage attractions in and around St. John’s with quality
dining, accommodations, learning and cultural entertainment experiences. There areas are well
served by transit.
7.7 St. John’s International Airport
St. John’s International Airport, located to the north of the City, is the major point of entry for
tourism and business travel to the region. It is also a significant component of the local economy as
the Airport Authority employs 100 employees directly, with another 400 employed by other
companies operating at St. John’s International Airport. Passenger traffic at the airport has been
growing rapidly. Traffic in recent years has reached 1.2 million passengers annually with plans to
increase capacity to 2 million and the introduction of additional parking. Military traffic makes up
about one third of all passenger traffic, while 60 percent is business related (Unpublished
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Municipal Affairs Report, 2009).
Cargo traffic represents a small portion of the current operations, but the airport is planning to
undertake a study of its cargo operations and has also submitted plans to develop 175 acres of land
for supportive industrial uses. That is about half of the total area still available for development on
the airport lands.
Currently, there is only one route that approaches St. John’s International Airport but does not
connect directly to the terminal building. Route 14 runs between the southern vicinity of the airport,
Torbay Road Mall, the Memorial University Main Campus and Marine Institute.
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