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Show Road construction felt 'well worth the sacrifice' Penrose Drive is closed for at least eight months. The construction construc-tion on First South is near completion, comple-tion, but still under way. Estimates on the completion of the construction construc-tion underway on Wasatch Blvd. ranges from two weeks to the middle of spring quarter. But, says Emmett Quinn, University traffic engineer, "The end result will be well worth the sacrifice." The closing of Penrose has been planned by the city since spring, when residents of the area complained com-plained of the amount of traffic using that street as an access to the University. The controversy which followed centered on access to both the campus and the University Univer-sity Medical Center. Results of the discussions was a promise by the City Commission to improve First South entering campus prior to closing Penrose. The First South project entailed "remodelling the intersection to make it more conducive to good traffic patterns." according to Ken Yates of the City Engineering Department. De-partment. The project was funded by the Federal government and administered ad-ministered through the state and city. Completion date, according to Mr. Yates, was September 25. The Wasatch Blvd. construction is a state project being done at the request of the University, according to Emmett Quinn. The project will widen the street, place a traffic signal on Wasatch Blvd. by Osborne Os-borne Hall, install double left turn lanes on Medical Drive, and replace the signal on Wasatch and Hemp-sted Hemp-sted Road with a traffic actuated signal. Ray Varley, Administrative Vice-President, Vice-President, explained that the main dificulty encountered in the Wasatch Was-atch Blvd. construction was "getting "get-ting the power poles out of the way." However, he was confident that the construction would be finished fin-ished in two weeks. Emmitt Quinn was not so confident. confi-dent. "No asphalt can be laid altci it starts to frost," said Mr. Quinn. If the the asphalt is not laid by then. "They may have to put road base down for the winter." State engineer Quinton Adair, in charge of the project, was unavailable unavail-able for comment. |