Construction projects cause traffic, parking changes

January 16, 2009

Beginning last December, portions of four major roads on the University of Florida campus became partially closed for restoration. The repairs include Museum Road, Newell Drive, Stadium Road and Buckman Drive.

The restoration stretches from Gale Lemerand Drive to Pugh Hall on Stadium Road, from Museum Road to Union Road on Newell Drive, from Pugh Hall to University Avenue on Buckman Drive, and from Gale Lemerand Drive to Beaty Towers on Museum Road.

Workers are removing the old asphalt and replacing it with 2 inches of new asphalt, which will eliminate roadway ruts and dips. Although some delays should be expected, at least one lane of traffic will remain open in the affected areas.

Construction is scheduled to be complete by the end of February.

For a map of the affected areas, visit www.ppd.ufl.edu/ppdnews.htm.

Also in December, construction began on a new addition to the College of Business, Hugh Hall.

Located in the former parking area of Criser Hall, the construction area has created the loss of a number of parking spaces. As a result, parking changes are now in effect for several areas of campus, including carpool, gated, orange, red one, all red and any decal parking. For more information, visit http://www.parking.ufl.edu/spring parkingchanges/springparkingindex.html.