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Show Lower campus parking expanded L': ft - I i r ' : -br' X, . . . -- - r M Hi I II I I . ' V. Fifty-three parking meters will be installed on the lower campus circle in mid-May, as part of a I)lan to "improve" parking on campus. 0(llcr I genius plans are also on the drawing board " I BY JOANN JACOBSEN Staff Writer I was finally pronounced a "true American." I was deemed an eligible member of the President's "physical fitness" team. Throughout Through-out the salty Utah seasons I had successfully climbed from 7th East, where I had parked my car, to the University campus. On occasion I even made it to my 7:45 a.m. class before the tardy bell rang. Just as my potential track and mountain climbing career had reached its height. Administrative Vice President Brigham D. Madsen, announced that I may be one of the students to receive parking privileges privi-leges on the University property. He further informed me that all the future nickles and pennies that I could save would be of benefit to me as I would bo parking by meters. ... So what is 5 cents for 36 minutes, five days a week in addition to tuition, books and housing fees . . . ? This quarter the parking pressure on the lower portion of the University Uni-versity campus will be alleviated with the completion of an 89-space parking lot north of the Music BIdg. and the installation of 53 meters in front of the Park Bldg. in mid-May, said Dr. Madsen. He also said that the Traffic Planning Committee is studying the possibility of installing coin-operated or card-controlled entrance gates in certain heavily-used campus lots, such as the one adjacent to the Union. According to Madsen, the feasibility of a three-story, portable parking park-ing structure which could be moved if the space were needed for other campus construction, is also being investigated by the Committee. The proposed portable structure includes an asphalt base, bolted steel columns, reinforced concrete panels and decorated outside facades of metal, wood or mosaic stone. R. E. Quinn, campus traffic indicated that the portable lots would cost about $1,400 perf compared to $2,500 per space for permanent structures. He add ; the portable spaces could bo moved to another location for !' per space, or approximately 25 percent of the original cost Dr. Madsen said student traffic congestion in the Park By. will be further reduced in mid-1971 when the registrar and ark- I offices are moved to the west portion of the Annex, where ad parking facilities are located. The University Institutional Con r approved remodeling of the Annex for this purpose in 1971 af' i Department of Psychology and tile Graduate School of Social-move Social-move into new buildings. ' ' I During the present construction of the south campus ontran. ' parking stalls south of the Business Lecture? Bldg. have been'' ' nated, but 444 spaces have been opened in three new lots-8j' I west of the Chemistry Bldg. and 174 stalls north of the Fi Another 80 stalls east of the Stadium, 305 stalls east of the Bur - ' Mines and 89 stalls north of the Music Bldg. will be added this or- ' ' When the new entrance is completed, another 10S stalls fl added immediately east of the access, 38 stalls south of the m and Architecture Center and 145 stalls south of the newBel-' -Science Building and Graduate School of Social Work Building i In all, Dr. Madsen concluded, 1,129 new parking stalls f available to students next Autumn Quarter to replace the 466 rt- ' south of the Business Lecture Bldg. i In its entirety, the University campus will be an area of re t struction, new parking lots and new campus-police-controlled n. |
