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Show THE SOLTIIER:'\ lT:\11 l '.\I\.ERSITY, CEDAR CITY, lT:\11 87TH YEAR; NUMBER 23 MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1993 SU's housing needs "Worry Cedar citizens INSIDE: Projects bring traffic which foes say could endanger schoolchildren BY JASON NORTI-1 of the Thunderbird Staff Plans for new student housing, both on-campus and off, are causing some Cedar City residenoi to worry about potential traffic problems near North Elementary School. Misunderstanding between residents and SUU officials has centered upon a proposed road that would connect the housing projects with the main campus, drawing dangerous traffic away from the elementary school located on 400 S. About two years ago, SUU drew up plans for student housing on two blocb of university property between 200 S. and 400 S. streeoi along NO CONCERTS: Monita Moe sa1s the-re are no this quarter because performers don't tour a lot during the cold winter months. SEEPAGE 3. conce1'ts EXHIBIT OPENS: The first exhibit of winter quarter is now on display in the Braithwaite, says Valerie Kidrick, galler1 curator. SEEPAGE 6. INJURY NO BAR: Richard Barton scored 25 points with a broken wrist in SUU's 79-63 victor:y over Saturday. SEE PAGE 7. ISU the demolition of the Chi Sigma Upsilon sorority house. The residents! proposal would leave the house intaet, said Hart. ·Also, you can only build buildings so close to' the highway," she said. "Putting a road along there would be a much bettl!r use of the land. And, there wouldn't have to be a big intersection like the curved road . would make at l 100 West," Hart added. While construction of the university housing is posrponed, Hart suggests that SUU officials study the advantages of a straight road, even though preliminary architectural plans have been drawn up that include 1100 w. a cuived road. ControVersy still suaounds the issue of where to construct the road SUU administrators "never mentioned that the road was tied to the on the SUU campus campus housing project," housing lot said Hart. "'When the private project came, we Because campus officials expected SUU to build the have encouraged the private road. Only now have they sector to meet student made it dear that the road housing needs, SUU's was tied to the campus plans-for housing and for project," Hart said. the new road-have been "Now that Cabrera's "put on the shelf for a apartmenoi aren't going as while," said Michael D. quickly as planned, the Richards, vice president for traffic hasn't really been a university affairs, pending problem," Hart said. "But, results of furure housing we'd like to see a road in surveys. The privatl! sector the future; we think a seem to be meeting the straight road would be housing demand, he said. better." Just south of the campus SUU' s Board of Trustees housing lot, private gave residents the option of developer Larry Cabrera building a temporary road proposed a housing now before any on-campus complex of 14 stacked housing is constructed. duplexes and 15 fourBut, wrore Board plexes-but so far, only four C hairman K.L Mclff in a duplexes have been letter to Hart, residents completed. must raise all funding for If th.e two projects are the temporary road; SUU fully completed then cannot legally pay for a road hundreds of students could that is not part of a be housed, compounding university project. the number of vehicles Hart said the residents seeking a path to campus cannot raise the necessary parking lots. funding by the May 1, 1993 "Many young families deadline, but" ...we've got to live in the area," said be involved in th.e decisions Jeaninne Ha.rt, a mother of now, so that the straight children who attend North road will remain a viable Elementary School. "More option." than 50 kids live on my Part of keeping a straight street," and the increased road as one of the choices, traffic could endanger she said, is to convince schoolchildren, she said. To ward off potential traffic problems on 400 S., Cedar residents and SUU • Though the four officials are debating which proposed road option to construct if on-campus housing campus officials to modify plans for several Plant completed duplexes have is built between 200 S. and 400 S. Residents fauor B; officials, A. Operations buildings that not significandy increased will stand west of the the number of vehicles proposed student housing. moving past the school, said Hart, residents still prefer a new road to be Charles Judd, an architect and brother to Hart, proposed that the built when construction progresses. configuration of Plant Operations sheds and shop be moved 20 feet to Two possible road designs have been proposed. SUU administrators the east, leaving room for the straight road along the highway. favor a cuiving road that would bisect the property at about 300 W., Richards said workers will go ahead with construction of two crossing 1100 W. and finally meeting 200 S. additional Plant Operations buildings that will be finished by full Hart and other residents advocated in a November Board of Trustees quarter, 1993. meeting that SUU should construct a straight road parallel to the Richards maintains that these structures will not hlock th,• r,...; I .. · · highway to connect 400 S. and 200 S. streets. prnpn~Prl rn ,rl rlMinn The curved road currendy included in SUU's housing plans requires |