May
6, 1998
									Contact:
Lynn Rush
									              (804)
982-5905	

MCCORMICK ROAD TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRS MAY 18-AUG. 28

	McCormick Road on the University of Virginia Grounds will be
closed to through traffic, including buses, between Emmet Street and
University Avenue while steam tunnels are repaired May 18 through Aug.
28.
	During that period, McCormick Road will be barricaded west of
the Emmet Street bridge starting at Cabell Drive to the front of Clark
Hall.  Cabell Hall will be accessible via McCormick Road from the west.  
	Throughout the construction, pedestrians will have access to the
bridge over Emmet Street using the northern walkway along McCormick
Road, which will have sidewalk curbcuts.
	From May 18 through July 25, Newcomb Road will be barricaded at
Tucker House.  This portion of Newcomb Road will reopen to traffic after
July 25.
	A revised bus schedule route will be available from Parking and
Transportation.
	One handicapped space, two service spaces and eight parking
spaces along Cabell Drive behind Clark Hall will be lost for the summer.
These spaces will be relocated to the C-1 parking lot south of Clark
Hall.
	This project is to rehabilitate steam tunnels that have
experienced structural problems due to the heavy traffic running over
them, especially buses, for almost 50 years.
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