Opinion
‘Construction’ means migraine
by Lyn Timpson
Photo Editor
In July of 1982, the Oregon
Highway Division began work
on the Oregon City Bypass.
Ibis new route would extend
4.1 miles from Caufield and
Glenn Oaks Roads to 1-205,
For mainy students, this means
ten minutes more sleep. The
.original schedule predicted
completion of the bypass
sometime in 1985. Five con-
tracts, 27 million dollars and
four years later, the hopeful
date is now early this Coming
November.
.There are .two words"
j U&ranteed to cause even> the
most hard-core automobile
drivers to squirm: road con­
struction... When a person sees
the sign ‘‘Road Construction
Ahead,” new routes to the
desired destination begin spr­
inging to mind. The only thing
worse than road construction
Then the actual construction
itself, is when it goes on for long
periods of time. Four years is a begins, complete with giant day­
glow orange signs and inattentive
iong time.
It all starts with the survey traffic control personnel who
crew out with their tripods, scop- don’t know exactly what they
ing out land for future construe- \ .want you to do and/or can’t ef-
tion. It’s truly amazing how two i fectively convey the idea if they
Then, there’s the faulty
men and a tripod can take up so do.
much space and cause such a equipment which frequently
visual distraction for drivers. seems bent on stalling in dead
center of a road and the condi­
tions that will age the average
vehicle a year for every pass over
the area. Just think: how often
has the front end of your car
needed to be realigned in the past
four years?
For college students and per­
sonnel, there has been no alter­
native but to face these problems
Dry dock now college service
by Dean Grey
Editor ..
As. a new year dawns, the col­
lege has added many new facets
to its services to the community.'
Some of these services have
been used only by a select few,
because the knowledge of them
has been kept hushed. I am on­
ly now learning of them, and
wish to clue you on one in par­
ticular.
This service has been
dedicated to fishermen and
sports' cruisers alike, for an
unlimited amount of time the
college has allowed boat park­
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ing in the Journalism area.
However, the knowledge of this
aquatic endevor has been
limited to just one soul. And
we, well at least I, feel that it
should be made known to the
rest of the faculty and students.
As a Journalism student I am
directly affected by the lack of
car parking space but feel this is
an important service. To show
my support I encourage all the
people who attend this college
that own boats to take advan­
tage of this sport unity and park
your boat here.
The space isn’t limited to the
Journalism space although that
is favored. I suggest a good
spot down at Barlow. By, bring­
ing your boat you will show
your school spirit and will­
ingness to participate in and use
the services the school provides.
Once again I tell you, bring
all you seafaring (or river, lake,
or pond) vessels and help make
this a successful school.
For those with airplanes,
helicopters, jet fighters and the
like, next year they will open an
airstrip in back of*McLoughlin.
on a daily basis, as construction
has been ongoing near both exits.
Waiting in a long line of cars to
get out, they hit the traffic, out­
side the college, caused by the
construction. As if being harass­
ed by the impatient, horn-happy
ding-dong behind them weren’t
enough!
Another aggravation is know­
ing that if things were managed
differently the torture would end
sooner. Having a couple of crews
take shifts working sunup to sun­
down, projects would get done
sooner. Being that jobs are hard
to come by, these crews could
easily have been found,
Realizing that the taxpayers
money funds these projects adds
to the headache of road construc­
tion. Design and survey of the
Oregon City Bypass alone cost
1.4 million dollars. To acquire
the right of way from private
landholders and the the college to
build the bypass cost 6.2 million
dollars.
Actual construction
costs ran 19.4 million dollars for
a total budget, of 27 million
dollars.
For that kind of money, surely
the Highway Division could have
hired people and equipment to do
the job more efficiently and. in
less time. If nothing else they can
find a way to make road con­
struction, easier on drivers. After
all, the drivers are the ones pay­
ing for it, one way. or another.
END
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