Road Changes In Effect For Motorists At Colorado State University
Monday, August 25, 1997
FORT COLLINS--Motorists arriving for the first time on
campus will see changes on the south side of the university,
including an addition to Pitkin Street and 320 new parking
spaces.
The biggest change on campus was the opening of Pitkin
Street west to Shields Street, said Steve Keiss, project manager
for Facilities Management. Pitkin originally ended between
Ingersoll Hall and Edwards Hall, but the street now is open to
through traffic. Continuous bike lanes run along Pitkin from
Shields Street to College Avenue, although Pitkin will remain
closed to motorists at the barriers south of the Clark Building
parking lot. Parking along Pitkin was relocated to South Drive.
The $270,000 cost for the project included paving,
reconfiguring access points to Pitkin off Shields, landscaping,
lighting, a stone Colorado State entry sign and lane striping.
The project, started in June and completed in mid-August, was
designed to move traffic flow from South Drive to Pitkin Street
as part of the university's master plan to create a centralized
pedestrian campus, Keiss said. Traffic along South Drive will be
limited to residence halls and visitors.
The new pavement on the west end of Pitkin Street was
completed before flash floods hit Fort Collins July 28, but Keiss
said the street was not damaged.
In other construction news, motorists soon will be choosing
from 320 new parking spaces in two different lots on the south
side of campus, said Kay Rios, director of University Parking
Services. Forty "A" spaces and 210 "Z" spaces recently opened in
the lot at Lake Street and College Avenue, east of the Central
Receiving Building. In addition, 70 new "A" spaces opened to
supplement 99 existing spaces in the lot west of the Gifford
Building.
The campus and Fort Collins community can find complete
information about parking at Colorado State through University
Parking Services' new Web site, Rios said. Information includes
parking regulations; a map showing parking locations, permit
requirements and number of spaces; an appeals form for
registering written appeals via e-mail; and an alternative
transportation page that links users to Transfort schedules,
bicycle information and carpool programs.
Rios said free Transport rides for university faculty and
staff will continue through December. Bus riders simply need to
show university identification to ride free anywhere in town.
The Web site for University Parking Services is located at:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Parking/
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