See Review article for additional information.
Photo by Phil Carter The library addition is designed to better serve library users by increasing space nearly percent, adding approximately 81,600 square feet to the existing 114,000squarefoot library. The bike path will then be reconfigured to provide safer crossing at Ranch View Road and downhill access to Coolidge Drive. The site has the capacity to include an additional homes in subsequent phases. From late through trenching will occur along the side of Heller Drive for the installation of fiber optic connection from highperformance California network to the UCSC campus see Currents story.
Construction will take about four years to complete, and is being done in two twoyear phases.
Crews installing the telephone service lines will bore under Coolidge Drive near the Campus Facilities service road. The site has the capacity to include an additional homes in subsequent phases. The Field House pool will be resurfaced in through to The library will remain open throughout both phases. Meantime, the renovation of the original McHenry building has started. The changes include adding merge lanes and reconstructing bridges to address specific safety issues. Cement pours will take place for one year.
Slight delays will occur, but disruption will be minimal. Coolidge Drive will not be restriped, however, because its county road. The scaffolding has been extended to accommodate pedestrians in the back of the addition to the end of the pavement. Web sites providing additional information Visit the Transportation & Parking Services web site for scheduled lane closures and delays in the county.. Cement pours will take place for one year. See Currents story on groundbreaking. The project will affect traffic on Heller Drive, from the Heller roadway near the Porter College entrance, to near the College entrance.
to The second phase, the renovation and earthquake retrofitting of the existing building, is scheduled to conclude in The statefunded 25 million arts building is slated to house the expanding digital arts program as well as provide studios for faculty, photography studio, and expanded space for music and theater arts classes.
Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta Originally scheduled for completion in officials expect to complete the project in fall during construction. The Remote lot will remain open. The library will remain open throughout both phases. The second phase, the renovation and earthquake retrofitting of the existing building, is scheduled to conclude in See Review article for additional information. Domesticfire water project will affect traffic on Heller Drive, from the Lower Quarry road intersection south, and turning before the signal, to make crossing of Coolidge Drive, near the Campus Facilities service road. Cement trucks will enter from Steinhart Way and exit through the Performing Arts lot.