Project X

Lesser-known
construction
sites

The big article in last
week's Kernel
concerned the
numerous
construction sites on
campus. More than
100, in fact. While the
article addressed
some of the main
projects such as
buildings, walkways.
and steel-reinforced
dungeons and torture
chambers, it
neglected to mention
all the little petty
sites like bike rack
installations and
chipped-curb repairs.
After investigating
further, l discovered
some rather odd
sites being
developed. It seems
that nothing strange
ever gets past me.
Without anymore
babbling, here's the
list.

The garage at UK
President Lee Todd's
new home is being
rebuilt to increase its
size. The current one
was too small to
accommodate the
new Hummer-style
limo he had ordered.

The parking office is
repainting the
parking lots with
smaller spaces. thus
allowing it to
increase the number
of expensive permits
it can sell. Good luck
fitting a Toyota
Sequoia into five
square feet.

UK had considered
putting air
conditioning in some
of the less fortunate
dorms like Holmes
Hall, but then opted
to save money by
just suggesting
students leave their
fridges open.

Signs are being placed
around the band
practice field to warn
students not to walk
across it after rain,
because the son has
a reputation of
turning into a two-
feet-deep mud pit.

A small concerted area
hidden behind
Erikson Hall is
beginning to take
shape. Judging by
the miniature Ferris
wheel and doll-size
bumper cars, I'd say
the squrrrels are
getting a theme park.

One of the largest
construction projects
has yet to be
noticed, probably
because it's
underground. While
students will be
forced to walk in the
heat and cold, faculty
members will ride
subterranean moving
sidewalks. It looks
like the professors
really won out at the
last contract
negotiation.

-Jonathan Ray
jonathanr®kykernelcom
www.dailycomix.com

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Summer
wrap-up
A look at
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Health task force meets for first time

By Jimmy Nesbitt

CONIRIBUTTNE wait“?

The UK health benefits task

force has already started working
for change.

Members of the task force

and UK employees met Tuesday
to discuss UK's
and employee benefits

health care plans

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Rose Street to take
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costs.

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pellslve for everybody," Todd
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keep the future in mind.

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Construction on the new design for the intersection at Rose and Limestone Streets has closed Rose between Limestone
and the UK Hospital since May. The $330,000 project is due to be completed by August when students return for classes.

A hard right: UK Med.
Center asked for change
to slow drivers down,
protect pedestrians

By Curtis Tate
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A summer‘s worth of con-
struction will end this fall with a
new intersection design at one of
UK’s most congested areas.

As part of the UK Medical
Center expansion, Rose Street
will be realigned to cross Lime-
stone Street at a 90-degree angle.
eliminating the current Y' inter-
section that allows drivers north-
bound on Limestone to veer right
on to Rose.

Jeff Edwards. construction
site supervisor for Lexington con
tractor D.W. Wilburn. said the
$330,000 project should be ﬁnished
in August before the fall semester
begins.

Under the new design. dri»
vers entering Rose frotn Lime-
stone will have to make a hard
turn. forcing motorists to reduce
their speeds to around 1:3 mph or
less. Edwards said the intersec
tion could pose a problem for dri
vers who use Rose Street. since no
reduction in traffic volume is ex-
pected.

Nearly 35.000 cars pass
through campus via Rose Street
on weekdays when school is in
session.

“It's not going to be good for
the morning and afternoon com-
mute." Edwards said.

But Edwards said motorists
will be able to do something they
could not do before w turn left
from southbound Limestone on to
Rose. He also said the addition of
a right turn lane on northbound
Limestone should help drivers en-

Rose Street takes a turn

tering Rose Street from the south.

Edwards said the main pur-
pose of the realignment is to slow
trafﬁc as it enters and exits UK.
The old conﬁguration “enCour-
aged” drivers to exceed the posted
speed limit of 33 mph. he said.

Dal] Clark. director of L'K's
(‘apital Project Management Divi
sion. said the Medical (‘enter re
quested the change because of a
series of accidents involving
pedestrians,

Still. not everyone
with the plan.

Edward Wilson. a Donovan
Scholar who retired from the Ken-
tucky Geological Survey. said the
realignment is "foolish." Wilson
said Rose is a major thoroughfare
connecting the city's south and
east sides and redesigning the in-
tersection with Limestone will
create a major trafﬁc bottleneck.

“(The plan) is a disservice of
tremendous proportion to the city

agrees

for the better

Rose S‘lﬂt

The new intersection allows
southbound motorists to turn
left from Limestone Street on

to Rose Street.
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of Hamilton." he said

But Steve Stahlman.
works in UK’s microﬁlming de-
partment. said he likes the change
because it addresses pedestrian
safety issues on a road where mo-
torists routinely speed

“That's always been a hairy
intersm‘tion." he said.

Other changes

. A pedestrian walkwav over Rose
Street between the Allied Health
and expanded primary care
faculties

- A bus stop on Limestone Street at
the point where Rose formerly
diverged.

. A traffic Signal at the prewouslv
un~5ignaled intersection at
Limestone and Transcript Avenue
Rose will cross Limestone and
become Transcript.

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