New road construction on campus to have minor impact on navigation, parking
Two new roads are being added to the east side of campus with construction on the project slated for the first few weeks of classes.
One road is located between the Special Olympics Building and Chippewa Lanes. The road will connect East Campus Drive and Mission Street when it’s completed.
The other road is a construction road for the Biosciences Building located by Woldt Hall and the Engineering and Technology Building.
Stacie Tewari, Mount Pleasant’s city engineer, said construction for the connector road to East Campus Drive and Mission Street started last week.
“There will be only minor impacts to parking on campus,” Tewari said. “Parking lots 14 and 19 that are adjacent to Special Olympics will be affected, but students will still be able to get to those areas.”
Tewari said that the road is scheduled to be completed on Sept. 26.
Stephen Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management, said the road between Woldt Hall and the ET Building is only to be used for construction crews working on the Biosciences Building.
Lawrence said that the road will not affect parking or student navigation.
