There are several construction projects on or near campus in the near future that will affect bicyclists:
Babcock Drive (from Linden to Observatory) will be closed for a week beginning Monday May 16, for "complete removal" (of asphalt, I think). Campus Drive Path (east of Walnut St) will be closed TO ALL TRAFFIC - bikes and peds!-beginning Wed May 18, potentially until June 1. This is a city project that is apparently trying to create a weir to better manage sediments that Willow Creek would otherwise disgorge into Lake Mendota. (Hopefully this will be just a part of a much bigger project of better managing stormwater in most of west-central Madison http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/landscape/watershed.htm , but I digress). The contractor has apparently been told it must be done by June 1. If this is part of your route, you should plan on going from Linden Dr across its intersection with Easterday Lane and over the Willow Creek footbridge to Linden Dr connecting to Walnut St. the Campus Drive Path will be closed (completely fenced or barricaded off) from the "offramp" at Walnut St to the access points behind the Vet School and the Wisconsin Vet Diagnostic Lab. Walnut St (from Observatory Dr to Marsh Ln) will be closed for 3 days beginning May 31 for milling and overlay. Charter St (between Linden and Observatory) will be closed for 3 days beginning June 2 for milling and overlay. Babcock Drive (from University Ave to Linden) will be closed for a week beginning June 6 for milling and overlay. Along with the closure of Campus Dr Path above, this one will probably negatively affect cyclists more than the others. This information came to me from the division of the Physical Plant responsible for maintaining asphalt, concrete, and roofing, and consequently when they talk about road closures they typically mean closures for vehicles in the street (when access is still maintained for peds along at least one sidewalk), but I have not been able to confirm this for any of these closures above, nor have I seen any of the traffic control (and signed detour) plans contractors are required to provide for construction projects on campus. Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner Commuter Solutions UW-Madison Transportation Services Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CommSol_CSSurvey
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