The University Daily Kansan
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
LAWRENCE
Summer construction causes minor student inconvenience
JENNIFER SALVA
JENNIFFER SALVA
jsalva@kansan.com
Construction in Lawrence and on campus means route changes for students living in Lawrence during the summer.
City plans are underway to reconstruct Iowa Street and Bob
Brings Tartanley and are scheduled to end in time for the fall semester according to the City of Lawrence website. The University will halt construction on layhawk
Boulevard in time for class, continuing work on campus each summer until 2016.
"Generally it doesn't affect my life in any significant way."
usually go through neighborhoods," she said.
Sookie Tatlonghari, a junior prebusiness major, said the construction did not inconvenience her badly, even though she took nine credit hours and kept a full social calendar over the summer.
"I already take shortcuts around the main streets because of traffic. I'd
As for on-campus construction,
Tatlonghari she said hardly noticed it
because she rarely needed to drive
through Jayhawk Boulevard.
Construction on the Boulevard is broken up over four summers so it will never be completely shut down
CODY JACKSON Recent graduate
to minimize impact on students.
Cody Jackson, a University alumnus with a bachelor's degree in religious studies, said he only needed to make small adjustments in his routine even
though he lives in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building on campus.
"Every once in awhile I'll have to go down to Ninth Street rather than cutting through campus to drive from south Iowa, but generally it doesn't affect my life in any significant way," Jackson said.
Edited by Elise Reuter
Summer construction outside of Wescoe (above) and along Jayhawk Boulevard is scheduled to end in time before the fall semester. Construction will resume next summer.
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