Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Yield to roundabout traffic
The roundabout will eventually include a "University of Southern Indiana" sign, fountain, and landscaping expected to be complete by November.
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Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 Steve Woodall, director of Security, said, "If you fail to yield and have an accident, you are the party at fault because you failed to yield the right of way." Go to usi.edu/roundabout for an online tutorial. To read more about the roundabout project, which will include a fountain, landscaping, and entrance sign to be complete in November, read the story in USI Today. Construction on the roundabout began in May. The roundabout/entrance project is part of a larger road construction project known as Loop Road Phase 1B, which includes repaving Clarke Lane and Bent Twig Lane west of campus, adding a right-hand passing lane on Clarke, and building a bike path. (Click here for the campus map.) The right-hand passing lane, or "passing blister," will allow traffic entering campus from the roundabout to pass cars turning left into parking lots G and H and prevent traffic from backing up into the roundabout. The bike path, already complete north of Clarke Lane from the Health Professions Center to the Children's Learning Center, will parallel the roads west of campus, hug Reflection Lake, and end at University Boulevard. Fred Kalvelage, construction manager, said the bike path will eventually connect to the Burdette Park-USI Trail. Clarke Lane west of campus is closed from the Children's Learning Center to the University Center pay lot, but parking lots G and H can be reached by entering Clarke Lane from the roundabout and using either the service lane behind the Health Professions Center or the single open entrance into parking lot G. Kalvelage said this subphase of Loop Road Phase 1B is expected to take a few weeks, barring weather-related delays. In the next subphase, the bicycle path will be continued between the pay lot and the Grounds Center entrance. In the final subphase, the road and bike path will be paved from the Grounds Center entrance to University Boulevard. Kalvelage said Loop Road Phase 1B should be complete by October. |
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