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Show Traffic expert says Parking dilemma will remain StaffWHter .. , California firm's Even ff rathe University are fc eation of new parking looted. cr,, Aniv be able to keep h;; -ted gro,Tth o tfllvL but will not. I islltu IrkM dilemma, said ff bS. affic planning- lVuggestions are followed "I'0 situation will remain ark'nCe but access to the J'thewSmiprove," he said who works for the San Jlr BSc consulting firm fiSC0 Smith Associates, was to present the !1" "JI recommendations for foSrsity's future physical ;Spansion- Traffic Enter From South , hi5 presentation Mr. Bay the University's main ' , to the community is no o he "west, along Second 5ut is now the south. to keep pace with the expansion of the University, which by 1978 v is expected to reach 26 000 students. Mr. Bay indicated that at present during peak morning hours 95 percent of all available parking space is in Use. In fact, he said, in the central lots at times 105 percent of the space is used "e explained the extra five percent, resulted from individuals who were waiting for stalls to be vacated.' q tn6 Universit" now has about " ,500 available parking stalls. This figure is near the national average of one automobile for every two students attending the University. I'se Athletic Fields Creation of new parking space will probably come at the expense of some athletic playing fields and portions of the University golf course if Mr. Bay's proposals are adopted. According to his plans major new parking areas will be east and south-east of Merrill Engineering Bldg. north and west of the Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse and east of the Sports and Special Events Center He pointed out 70 percent of the traff.c entering the University comes through either the entrance on Foothill Boulevard or Guardsman Way and Fifth South Street. Because of this southward shift in Salt Lake's population the traffic consultants recommend that major interchanges be provided at these two locations Mr. Bay further recommended the area south of the Library where the new Fine Arts Bldg. is being constructed, be so landscpaed that it could serve as the new main entrance to the University Another of Mr. Bay's proposals was that traffic which now traverses the campus be cut off and that only a peripheral road around the University complex be provided. According to this plan the area on campus which would be free of through traffic extends roughly from Merrill w Bids'- to r lv'ern11 Engineering p g-; l Guardsman Way anH om Foothill. Boulevard to University Street': t0 wouMh t0 this Plan Peking would be provided within the P-phery road and adjacent to Z Eliminate Congestion Mr. Bay explained creation of a traffic-free area was being recommended to eliminate the congestion resulting from large numbers of pedistrians crossing busy streets. He noted that on an average day about 3,400 students cross 15th East Street. Such a condition, he said, is not only awkward, but dangerous. Y In an effort to beautify the campus, and at the same time to Imitate movement .between extend f6 Which would the t 3 l3rge f0untain ner ,futre uth entrance to Ssrorf01116 The fountain, which will greet visitors to the campus who enter trom Guardsman Way, is being paid for as part of the senior class fliL the classes f 1968 1969 and 1970. Create New Stalls One of the major recommendations of the consulting firm was the creation of 4,500 additional parking stalls |