Boxborough Planning Board Unanimously Approves TUV Building's Transportation Demand Management Plan

BOXBOROUGH — May 20, 2024 — Boxborough Planning Board clears final permit hurdle for TUV building at 400 Beaverbrook Road. The board voted 5-0 on May 20 to approve a transportation demand management plan for the industrial building at 400 Beaverbrook, satisfying the last condition requiring board sign-off before a certificate of occupancy can issue. The plan commits the applicant to promoting the town's new Boxborough Connects shuttle service and confirms four EV charging stations are installed, with infrastructure supporting up to 25 total — 10 percent of the site's 248 parking spaces — as demand warrants. TUV, the building's tenant, has grown from roughly 60 employees at its December 2023 soft opening to about 70 today and expects to reach 90 to 100 by year end. The board also continued a public hearing on a proposed three-unit trade shop at 100 Codman Hill Road to June 3, directing applicants French Brothers Boxborough LLC to resolve conflicting vehicle trip counts of 54 and 72, clarify hours of operation, provide tree removal data near a required turtle nesting area, and consider facade improvements to the corrugated metal structure — with the 75-trip traffic study threshold a specific concern given that 18 employees making two round trips daily would generate exactly 72 trips.