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Parts of University campus under construction
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(,ar\ Thompson ol \/i ken/ie Commert ial l nion General ( ontrai titrs works on
the new st tern e buildings, one ol many t unstriu lion propels around the t ni
lenity (ampus
Agate Street project should be finished soon
By Lisa Millegan
f mf'.id Reporter
Ilave v'oti ever walked hv mu* of the tinnier
mis * mist ruction sill's on .campus and asked
yourself aloud. Hh.it mi '-'earth is yomt! on
hern
II so (he foilin'inn list esplams I lit* s i y> n i f i
i .1 iu e of the '.ui'H. 1 'ni \ersily pio|rt ts
\gale Street
(ninslruction on \gat> Street should " mp up
before .in' of the oilier i .iinpus building pro
jet ts according to t’niversd' planning assun
■lie (aria I.evillski
I he const rue lion fiegan last year alter the
i its ot Huge tie tlei idetl to redesign the street to
provide ai t ess to (He l adversity s proposed
Riverfront Keseari h Park Iplanned tor tin area
direi 11 \ hetweeii the .campus and the Wiliam
etle River)
Alter approval try me i iiiutmu riauuiitg
l dniiliiltrc lire i it\ extended \gate Street to
the north past tire otliei -.tile ol I lunklin Houle
yard to tin1 first mtersei tioo ol the park
I,e\ inski said thi' i lls also widened and re
aligned the se< turn ot Agate Street between
I ranklin Boulevard and I ith \vetiue last sum
met to maki the intersection safer
I unding tor the SI 5 million projer t was pro
vided by the stall'
Irovinski savs the entire projei t should be
loinpleted b\ Aug 1> after some cosinetu mi
pros einents are finished Workers will be land
si aping in the median strip on ea» h side of the
niiidw.H in addition to the sidewalks neat Ore
gou 1 hill
Bowerman 1 rai k-and-Field Building
l r.ii k athletes will probably have to wait mi
til nest fall to enjoy the two story Bowerman
trai k anil-field budding now under construi
lion near llayward field said Oiurie Ask of the
t ’rnversity f oundation
I hi1 exact date (il completion is uncertain.
Imcause crcus will nut In* working during
trai k and field mi'els and finals she said
Hill Howerman former I'niv'ersitx men's
track i uai h and on founder ol Nike Ini is
fumliiik the V’ ! million ini lilK through the
Howerman I'onndatioiv and the Oregon t om
munitv foundation
Workers broke ground in Man h at the site,
wtm h is located neai the bleachers at the start
ot the till) nielei dash I lie budding will wrap
around the northwest corner ol the field and
will house looker rooms and training rpinrters.
as well as offii es lor the International Institute
tor Sport and Human Performance
Ihe building should also serve to screen
Mas ward I odd from strung uortherU winds
that have sometimes invalidated Amerii an and
world os old tunes at trai k meets
I tin .11 \ I \pansion
After thr removal of Hint' Itirs ni'itr the
knight I 11>r.11\ over spring break main sin
ilrnls have become aware of impending pi.ms
lo ex|Mini till' f.n 1111\
I'niversllv Planner I ).i\ iii Kiiut oil IihIiIiih:
will si.irt this work lor roustrm lion ot tin
I tn.not) sipi.iir loot .iild it ion
Part o( llir nrw construction will extend tlit*
building into the field .it thr rc.ir ol thr library,
while part of it will im hnlr tin' addition ol
floors to thr i urn'iit building, Kuwr said Addi
lions will also hr uiadr on thr west side ot thr
|lbrar\ nr.it thr loading dor k .lira I ventually .
thr lihrar\ will hr internally reorganized and
remodeled "to make more rffii lent use ot
spat r that wr do have in thr library lie said
A combination ot state tunds and gdts troin
private donors will help pay thr S.' I million
lull lor the improvements, yvhit h will start at
the end ol April or the hrginuiug ot May
Kowr say s the additions are crucial 1 >i•< ause
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