Closed for good

Along with a parking loss for the new Adams Hall also goes portion of Columbia Street.

The farthest west portion of Columbia Street is closed off right now because of safety precautions due to the Adams Hall construction site. This street will never return for usage.

“That drive, when you come down Columbia Street, and you don’t make a left or a right on Greene Street, and you kind of come up into the parking lot, that is going to be grass, a plaza or a mall,” said Dr. Paul Jahr, director of university housing.

The thought of some type of plaza for students is enlightening. It could provide a nice walking place, quiet area to study, or even a spot for quality time with your favorite pet. Some students see the missing road as a plus for the campus.

“A plaza sounds good to me,” said David Carr, a commuting sophomore mass communication student. “I think a plaza will add a great deal of enthusiasm to the highly academic environment of Georgia College & State University.”

The road will remain temporary for usage by trucks to unload supplies in the staging area for the construction of the new dorms. After completion, it will eventually be torn up and grassed over.

“There will never be people driving through there again legally,” said Jahr.

One student found the removal of this section of road frustrating.

“It’s going to be weird,” said Keith Fitzpatrick, a junior history major who is a Napier B resident and frequently used the road. “Now, I have to make, at the minimum, three more turns to get to my destination, it just doesn’t make sense.”

The new Adams Hall will be constructed a little farther back than the original Adams. Construction plans place the new building back into the sloping hill; behind the original Adams and over the old paved parking lot.

The new dorms are supposedly going to remain on schedule, unlike the delay of Foundation and Parkhurst Halls.

“There was a tremendous amount of site work that had to be done, such as removing the hills and depression for Parkhurst and Foundation, that is what put us behind,” said Jahr. “There shouldn’t be as much this time because most of the prep-work was done with the first two buildings.”

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