Letter to the Editor

Editor,

This notice serves as a reminder that we have to be good neighbors and residents of the Greene Street and Jackson Street area. It poses a number of problems when students park on the street instead of in the designated C-parking lots around the Centennial Center. There is ample parking in the parking lots in this area.

The problem starts with taking up all of the street parking and denying long time residents parking in front of or near their residence. Many do not have enough parking in their driveways for all of the residents that live in their houses. Our growth should not disproportionately burden the life long residents of the neighborhood in such a negative fashion. Many of these residents have been very supportive of our school.

Another problem involves the safety of the drivers using these streets. Not only does a driver driving down one of these streets have to be overly concerned with a door swinging open from a parked vehicle, but also with making blind turns around the corners because vehicles are parked too close to the intersection.

Another problem involves the ability of large emergency vehicles (i.e. fire trucks) to access the area. When vehicles are double parked on each side of the road it makes it very difficult for large vehicles to safely maneuver through the street. We certainly want these vehicles to be able to respond to our new buildings if the need were to arise.

We are having problems in the Parks Lot on main campus. There is a sign that states NO PARKING in the lot, but we have allowed students to use the lot after 5 p.m. as a safety issue for students taking night classes. However, students are parking everywhere in the lot. We have to be able to get large trucks in that lot to service Sodexho (SAGA) in order to feed our students. We also need to be able to get emergency vehicles through this lot in the event of a fire or other emergencies. We will be ticketing vehicles (and possibly towing) in the lot that are parked in an irresponsible manner. If students continue to abuse the priviledge of parking in this lot, the priviledge may be taken away.

Ken Vance
Director of Public Safety

Posted by Colonnade Archives on Mar 14 2003. Filed under Letters to the Editor. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry