2008 Woodie Awards
Parking spaces go residential
Jon Miller
Issue date:
10/24/07
Section:
News
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In a press release on Friday, Olympic College announced a plan to purchase property adjacent to the campus between Broadway and Warren avenues and 13th and 15th streets to create more parking spaces.
The land lies within the college's planning boundary as affirmed by the city in 2005.
Vice President of Administrative Services Barbra Martin said the project will cost approximately $11 million and take two to three years to complete.
Martin said the college will begin negotiating with property owners in January, and the completion date for the project will depend on when negotiations are completed. There will be a public information session sometime in November to discuss the school's plan for the parking lot.
The plans for the space are still in the conceptual phase Martin said, and it is not known exactly how much parking will be created or where new crosswalks and traffic lanes will be placed.
Martin said about 250 spaces may be created "but I don't know that number to be firm. It depends on the green belt…but that would be my goal."
Trees and other landscape elements will be incorporated into the project, including a system to filter storm water runoff.
The expansion is part of the ten-year plan that was approved by the college's board of trustees on Tuesday.
The land lies within the college's planning boundary as affirmed by the city in 2005.
Vice President of Administrative Services Barbra Martin said the project will cost approximately $11 million and take two to three years to complete.
Martin said the college will begin negotiating with property owners in January, and the completion date for the project will depend on when negotiations are completed. There will be a public information session sometime in November to discuss the school's plan for the parking lot.
The plans for the space are still in the conceptual phase Martin said, and it is not known exactly how much parking will be created or where new crosswalks and traffic lanes will be placed.
Martin said about 250 spaces may be created "but I don't know that number to be firm. It depends on the green belt…but that would be my goal."
Trees and other landscape elements will be incorporated into the project, including a system to filter storm water runoff.
The expansion is part of the ten-year plan that was approved by the college's board of trustees on Tuesday.
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