FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 15, 2012
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
Lots to close for construction of new engineering complex at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – As construction begins soon at Marshall University on the Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex, a 145,000 square-foot, 480-foot long facility, parking adjustments will be necessary for MU students, faculty and staff, James E. Terry, MU’s director of public safety, said today.
“For more than
two years, we’ve been planning for the relocation of parking spaces that will
be lost due to the construction of the Weisberg Engineering Complex,” Terry
said. “That’s why we built the 6th Avenue Parking Facility before this
construction begins.
“Often, with
progress comes some inconvenience. We ask for understanding and patience as our
community has to alter their campus parking habits. While a construction
project of this magnitude will change the face of our campus, we do have enough
parking locations to accommodate our students, faculty, staff and visitors.”
In all, about
150 spaces on F Lots between the Arthur Weisberg Family Engineering
Laboratories and the Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center on the north
side of Third Avenue will be closed beginning the evening of this Friday, Oct.
19. Also, the first five rows of spaces at the east end of the general lot on
the north side of Commerce Avenue – formerly home to Weiler Steel – will
be used for staging during construction, leaving 250 spots open on that lot.
Terry said other
parking options include the new 411-space parking garage on 6th
Avenue where people can park for 50 cents an hour. Employees, if they wish, can
pay $40 a month to park in the garage. The west lot at Joan C. Edwards Stadium
can be used, or people may upgrade their permits and park in the Third Avenue
garage across from Cam Henderson Center.
Thundering Herd
fans have been tailgating for years on the F Lots before Marshall football
games. They, too, will be asked to find a new home to tailgate. Marshall has
three home games remaining this season: Oct. 27 vs. Central Florida, Nov. 3 vs.
Memphis and Nov. 17 vs. Houston, all Saturdays.
“We understand
the importance of this new facility, and that a lot of people will need to
alter their game-day routines in the name of progress,” said Mike Hamrick,
Marshall’s Director of Athletics. “But, we have the greatest fans in the
country. If they want to continue tailgating, I’m sure they’ll seek out and
find a new place somewhere in the vicinity of the stadium. We appreciate
everyone’s cooperation.”
Tailgaters could
move to the general lot across Commerce Avenue, the lot on the west side of the
Arthur Weisberg Family Engineering Laboratories, or a lot on the south side of
Sixth Avenue.
Construction on the $50 million facility is expected to take 28 months, meaning it is projected to open in early 2015.
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