greenair727 wrote:Ricky Smith tore down the long term garage and that capacity (except for its replacement with a surface lot) has never been restored and we have more local traffic (vs. connecting) now than we did than years earlier. If we build any garage it should be for that; if we include the rental car agencies in it, it would be a 20-story parking tower as we should not use horizontal space for this use---especially if the myopic Bibb Administration wants to tear down the only hotel on airport grounds. A new hotel is a far better use of limited landside airport space than a giant rental cars facility where one already successfully exists.
On the CLE website this AM, a random TH on a slower travel month, the only lot with available parking is the BROWN lot. That backs up your point that additional onsite parking is needed.
In the report out in May of 2021, they stated their goals were to add 600 rental car spots and 4,000 onsite walkable parking spots. Let's hope the purchase of the hotel and the relocation of the rental car facilities are this part, not just a rental car facility!
I have no idea what will happen to parking when the BROWN lot is taken out for construction - will be a lot of people headed down Snow Road.