Future construction yields new road
BY AUTUMN BEREND
CLACKAMAS
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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
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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. „ *
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