Construction on the intersection of Yale Boulevard and Camino de Salud on North Campus – roads that lead to University Hospital, Information Technology Services, Physics and Astronomy, and the Law School – began on Oct. 12. When the construction is completed the intersection will be transformed into a “roundabout”, providing smoother traffic flow through the former start-and-stop intersection.
In addition to the change to the intersection, the entrance to the Information Technology Services and the Physics and Astronomy buildings will have moved from Yale Boulevard to Camino de Salud.
Phase one of the road construction involves the widening of Yale Boulevard from Lomas north to Camino de Salud. A new entrance on the north end of the Physics and Astronomy parking lot will also be opened and the existing parking lot entrance will be closed. This phase is expected to continue through the first week of November.
In phase two of the construction, scheduled to begin in the second week of November and run through mid-December, Camino de Salud west of Yale will be closed, but through traffic will be able to use Tucker and Yale. The entrance to the M parking lot, Physical Plant and Office of Capital Projects offices will remain open off of Camino de Salud. Traffic will detour around the construction area through the Physics parking lot to Camino de Salud east of Yale and back to Yale Boulevard.
In the final stage of the project, Yale Boulevard will be opened from Lomas to Camino de Salud. Yale will be closed from Camino de Salud to Tucker during this time while Camino de Salud west of Yale will be reopened to traffic. The detour through the Physics parking lot will remain open to allow access to Camino de Salud east of Yale.
Commuters, students and staff traveling to the Law School, Health Sciences Center or parking areas will be diverted west to the intersection of Camino de Salud and Tucker to avoid construction. This final phase will run from mid-December to mid-January, the completion date for the project.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at October 18, 2007 02:00 PM