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Future construction yields new road BY AUTUMN BEREND CLACKAMAS PRINT a EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Clackamas Community College potholes are a common sight ' on roads. Despite multiple attempts to fill them, they always return with.a vengeance. While not everyone has an issue driving around the potholes, some believe CCC could have done a better job handling the situation. “ Those potholes have been sitting out there for about six months,” Ric Jenkerson, k | lead information and testing specialist sa id .fK h in k it could have been a little more timely.” Unfortunately, there are unseen variables preventinga permanent fix. The first hasto do with the weather. Weather conditions control whether or not the college will attempt to fix the.potholes. “ Campus Services has to wait for stretchesof dry weather to patch potholes, - otherwise the patches don’t completely dry and they tend to break up again,” Public Information Officer Lori Hall said. “ It’ s been a wet spring,” Dean of Campus Services Bob Cochran said, echoing Hall’s statement. With cars swerving into the oncoming lane to avoid potholes, what about concerns they may causean accident ordamage one’s vehicle? It shouldn’t be an issue as long as you drive slowly, according toCochran. Construction for Dejardin, > that will end by fall 2018, willcomewith road reconstruction. This will be similar to what happened with the Barlow parking lot. Last year, one concrete patch near the tWo-hour parking lot lasted about a week before the potholes returned. On Aprii25, the college sent a crew around campus to mark potholes. Part of the construction with Dejardin includes running a new - bps road through the existing parking lot that will come closer to the Dejardinbuilding. Last year, The Clackamas Print reported on a long and arduous project that □âckamas the college is partnering to complete- the Beavercreek Employment Area. The BEA project aims to bring more businesses into Oregon City and a partnership allowing workers to be trained a tf he college. “ The purpose of the initiative is to encouragé and attract targeted industry by leveraging education a n d . training resources at CCC,’’ Hall said last year in an email to The Clackamas Print. “ As Targe businesses move into the BEA, we can not only provide them educated employees who are job-ready at the time of hire, but we can also offer g. customized training specific to a business and help grow their existing Workforce.” ft Because of this, Barlow construction started before Dejardin. Instead of the bus loop wrapping around the flag, buses will drive in through a slightly angled road, which will provide much easier parking for buses and the CCC Xpress, thè shuttle that provides free transportation to students and College í « » < Center Sw Ran f lV O i community members from Oregon City to the Clackamas Town Center, Harmony campus and Wilsonville campus. Part of the overall construction planned for the Oregon City campus includes a newly constructed Community Center. It will be slightly more to the west, towards Gregory Forum than jMcLoughlin, as it currently is. Thiswould drastically change f the current bus drop off zone $ and thé flagpoles’ With the existing quad between the current community center and Barlow Hall, thè new building, once finished, would include a larger quad with more grass, according to the official photo provided by CCC. This would decrease the parking spots available near Dejardin and Roger Rook halls by cutting off an entire ' . section for the new transit I road, andthe new addition being added to Dejardin, which is roughly the same size as the current building, effectively doubling the buijdingsize. „ * Editorial Editor-in-Chief Autumn Berend chiefed@dackamas.edu Managing Editor Ian Van Orden chiefed@ciackarrias.edu Copy Editor Victoria Burling I copyed@dackamas.edu News Editor Jeanette Wright newsed@dackamas.edu Arts & Culture Editor Jared Preble ~ . aced@clackamas.edu Sports Editor , Jacob Thompson sportsed@dackamas.edu Photo Editor Jonathan Villagomez 4 photoed@ctackamas.edu Multimedia Editor S Summer Barraza webeditor@clackamas.edu Ad & Design Editor William Farris admgr@dackamas.edu Contributors Gteyson M bock Mason Crawley Adviser Crystal Kang crystal.kang@clackamas.edu The. Clackamas Print aims to reportthe news in an honest, unbiased and pro fessional manner. Content published in The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. The Clackamas Print is free, but please take only one copy. Any person remov ing our papers in bulk will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. ON THE COVER: Associated Student Government elections kickoff by William Farris May 2,2018
