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Wednesdav. June 19, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
Road work traffic calls for new stops
By Cathy Garrard
Kansan staff writer
Students who are accustomed to coasting through the intersection of 15th Street and Engel Road had better put a halt to it this summer.
Two temporary stop signs were added at the intersection on June 5 creating a four-way stop. The stop signs were needed because Naismith Drive construction work between 15th Street and Crescent Road slowed traffic, said KU police officer Burdel Welsh.
"Because of the blockage on Naismith, people were using Euglenad as a detour," Welsh said. "People that normally use that area couldn't go in. The four-way stop gave motorists an opportunity to get across the street."
Welsh said the stop signs were installed because people driving south on Engel Road had trouble crossing, Street, which caused a traffic jam.
Welsh also said it was difficult for the eastbound traffic on 15th Street to
'People that normally use that area couldn't use the roads. The four-way stop gave motorists an opportunity to get across the street.'
Burdel Welsh KU police officer
Although the four-way stop is unexpected for many motorists, no accidents have been reported yet, Welsh said.
back up on to Iowa Street.
"We've used both unmarked and marked cars and monitored the area from about a block away, and we've done that with compliance with the signs," he said.
Even though no accidents have been reported at the intersection, some students are gliding through the stop signs unaware of the change.
Jeff Loney, Akron, Ohio, senior said he ran the stop sign the first time he approached the intersection.
"I think it was a good idea that they put up the signs, but they should have publicized it more." Loney said. "I think there are a lot of people who are unaware of it at this point."
Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations, said the stop signs would remain until the road construction was completed.
"For them to be permanent, it would have to go through the City Commission," Richardson said. "The city put the signs up due to the requests from our office in conjunction with the KU police department."
Construction on Naismith Drive, which includes new pavement, sidewalks and gutters from 15th Street to Crescent Road, is scheduled to be completed by July 31. The area is blocked off while crews are working but is reopened during the evening.
New Temporary Stop Signs and Construction Area
Road and sidewalk construction could be completed by late July
Katie Stader/KANSAN
By Chuck Harper Special to the Kansan
Road work on Naismith Drive between Crescent Road and 15th Street is scheduled to be completed by the end of July, said Bob Porter, associate director of physical plant maintenance.
The street is being repaired and widened to include a right-turn lane for southbound traffic from Naismith Drive onto 15th Street, he said. In the process of rebuilding, Anschutz Science Library and the Military Science Building will
receive new layers of asphalt.
Graduate students working last year with Tom Mulinazi, professor of civil engineering, identified the need for the turn lane, said Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations.
Facilities operations employees are installing the concrete work on the street, which includes new curbs, gutters and sidewalks, he said.
"It was more cost effective to use our own people," Richardson said. "We didn't establish exactly how much we would save by going out and
getting bids for the work."
The rest of the construction is contracted by LRM Industries of Lawrence, he said.
Steve Glass, president of LRM,
said Fahay Construction, a subcontractor for LRM Industries, finished grinding off the old asphalt last week.
LRM will be placing a new layer of asphalt pavement on Naismith and the service drive to the science library, he said.
"It is a lower grade of covering where we spray oil on the road and press gravel into that."
"We will be putting a chip and seal on part of the service drive to the Military Science Building," he said.
The higher grade of asphalt will be used on the service drive to the Military Science Building until the lack of money requires that cheaper chip and seal be used, Glass said. The University allocated $50,000 for the project.
With the reduction of traffic on campus during the summer, blocking off the road at this time causes less inconvenience, he said.
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