Within the next couple of months, students can expect to see construction beginning on 12th Street between Louisiana to Vermont streets because the Oread Neighborhood Lighting Project will finally be executed.
Additional funds that were needed from the Community Development Block Grant went through, so the final phases of the
According to Mark Threl, assistant director of Public Works for the city of Lawrence, the project will be broken down into four phases. The first phase will include construction on the sidewalk of 12th Street between Louisiana and Vermont streets to comply with handicap standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Phase one has been contracted and workers are busy completing other projects before beginning
pleted pretty soon." Thiel said. "It's a matter of scheduling. My guess is they will wait until class is out and after graduation, so it's the least inconvenient to students."
Phases three and four include the installation of lights along 12th Street between Louisiana
Phase two, which includes 10-foot decorative light poles in South Park, will commence as soon as the materials are delivered.
and Tennessee streets and 12th and Kentucky streets. Both phases should be completed before the end of the year, Thiel said, with the possibility that phase four will continue until 2012.
The project will help increase safety for students and community members who travel along that pathway.
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Oread Neighborhood Lighting Project
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Although nothing has been decided upon yet, the department has submitted different budgets to the provost's office. One of the budgets involving the red zone includes a percentage increase on various things like parking permits, fines,
With the economic inflation and more students taking the bus, the University's parking and transit revenues are decreasing, leading it to make up for the lost revenue in some way.
Only cases of a stolen bicycle and some ill-placed graffiti stirred the spring break silence.
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BY LAURA THOMAS
ithomas@kansan.com
Two campus crimes occur during break
Students planning on buying a KU parking pass for the next school year could be in for an unpleasant surprise. The parking and transit department at the University is considering a parking fee increase around campus.
"The parking and transit department is completely user funded," Donna Hultine, University director of parking and transit, said. "So we really rely on the revenue streams of parking permits, tickets, garage revenue and events."
One more sentenced in ticket scandal
Former athletics department employees now face steep fines and years of jail time.
Check out Kansan.com for more information about the potential increases in parking for the 2011- 2012 school year.
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Jayhawks prepare to fight for first Big 12 victory against Huskers today
After recent losses to No. 11 Missouri and No. 8 Texas, and a split doubleheader against UKMC, Kansas turns its attention to Big 12 play in its upcoming game against No. 16 Nebraska.