La Voz

Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: News

Media Credit: Laena Brandenburg Campus construction has created a road block near the Flint Center. Access to Stevens Creek Boulevard and Highway 85 entrance is now blocked, adding to the existing traffic jam following class ending times.

Monday, October 30, 2006

The face of De Anza College is being renovated in a series of campus entry construction projects intended to improve traffic flow to enter and exit the campus.

Campus drive, the road that circles around the campus, was repositioned from the north side of the Flint Center Parking structure to loop around the east side, and exit left onto Stevens Creek Boulevard. The piece of land where the road used to go through is currently blocked off by fences and will be brought back to its natural habitat.

The school will plant trees and grass to allow students a place to relax and safely walk to the busy Stevens Creek Blvd.

The next step will be building a new entrance that will allow direct access to the Flint parking structure. This step is scheduled to be completed during the winter quarter of 2007.

There have been problems with students climbing over the fences and entering construction areas to avoid having to walk around them.

A couple of accidents have also been caused by people driving too fast through hazardous construction areas. College Services director, Donna Jones Dulin, who oversees Measure E coordination, urges students to be patient while renovation is underway, reminding them that “once construction is over, it will be a nicer area for us all.”

Other developments include another new entrance off of Stevens Creek Boulevard by parking lot A, renovations to the Mary Ave entrance, crosswalks and the addition of a new electronic sign on Stevens Creek Boulevard. This is a $2.1 million project implemented by Measure E.

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