UF to restore four major campus roads, forcing partial closings
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Starting next week, portions of four major roads on the University of Florida campus will be partially closed while they are being restored.
Jeff Bair, project manager for the Physical Plant Division, said the repairs will probably begin Monday on Museum Road, Newell Drive, Stadium Road and Buckman Drive.
The majority of the repairs, including milling and resurfacing, are expected to be finished by the time school starts in January, with top priority given to repairs on Museum Road and Newell Drive, he said.
The entire project will be completed in about two months, Bair said.
Restoration will stretch from Gale Lemerand Drive to Pugh Hall on Stadium Road, from Museum Road to Union Road on Newell Drive, from Pugh Hall to University Avenue on Buckman Drive and from Gale Lemerand Drive to Beaty Towers on Museum Road.
In these areas, workers will remove the old asphalt and replace it with two inches of new asphalt, which will eliminate ruts and dips in the roads.
Though some delays can be expected, at least one lane of traffic at the sites will always be open, Bair said.
For more information, contact Jeff Bair at jbair@ufl.edu. For a map of the affected areas, visit www.ppd.ufl.edu/ppdnews.htm.
Credits
- Writer
- Lindsey Robinson
- Contact
- Jeff Bair, jbair@ufl.edu, 352-392-1405
