Thur June 5, 2003 Online Since 1996 Vol. 77 No. 50

The Appalachian | News
Whitener parking lot, College Street closes

By Kevin DeLury
Staff Writer

Josh Brown | Chief Photographer
Clyde Robbins, director of design and construction, surveys the site for the new Library & Information Commons, previously Whitener lot.
    June 2 marked the beginning of construction of the new Library & Information Commons on what is currently the Whitener parking lot.
   As a result, parts of College Street have been shut down, affecting AppalCART routes, construction vehicles and students walking or driving through campus.
   All vehicles entering College Street from King Street must turn right onto Howard Street as a detour. Part of College Street behind Smith Wright Hall, past Chapell Wilson Hall and leading to Raley Hall will be open as a two-lane road to construction and delivery vehicles only. All parking spaces on College Street have been eliminated.
   In regard to AppalCART routes, routes will be restricted to the intersection of College Street and Howard Street.
    “Instead of coming all the way down College Street, they will actually turn into the bus turnaround area right beside the student services building,” said Barry Sauls, director of Parking and Traffic. “All the buses on that side of campus will be using that turnaround.”
   Sauls said the majority of construction workers will park behind the construction fence or behind the Broyhill Inn & Conference Center and take a shuttle down Bodenheimer Drive.
Students walking through campus will also have to find detours around the entire area. “Basically, nobody can walk through the entire footprint of Whitener parking lot,” Sauls said.
Also affected by the loss of parking are graduate assistants who used to be able to park in the Raley and Legends parking lots. Now, all graduate students will be shifted to Stadium. Staff and faculty may also find themselves in the same situation.
“In all likelihood there will be some faculty and staff overflowing up to Stadium,” Sauls said.
Completion of the library is slated for 2006.
For more information, call the offices of Parking and Traffic Department at 262-2878.		  
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