Big Things are Happening in Denton Community!
Changes are afoot in the Denton Community that will alter and improve the landscape in the residence hall community. Work began this summer on the construction of Oakland Hall, the renovation of the Denton Dining Hall, and the installation of underground utilities that will bring air-conditioning to the first North Campus residence halls.
Start of Construction this summer
Before move-in days in August, a construction fence will be installed around the perimeter of the Oakland Hall site and the Denton Dining Hall site. Construction activity will be underway when students arrive on campus for the fall semester move-in.
Inconveniences Caused by Construction Activity
As with any large construction project, there will be inconveniences for many of the students and staff members who live, walk and park in the areas in and around the Denton Community and the project sites.
Detailed planning has included ways to minimize inconveniences to residents and passersby’s. Despite the careful planning, persons in the vicinity of the Denton Community projects should expect the following during most or all of the 2009-2010 academic year:
Construction fences will encircle the Oakland Hall site for most of the next two years;
Construction fences will encircle the Denton Dining Hall for at least the next year;
A large construction crane will be erected on to the Oakland Hall site and remain part of the skyline on the site for most of the construction period;
Getting belongings moved in and out of these residence halls in late August, December, January and May will be more difficult than in years past. Detailed arrival and move-in/move-out instructions will be provided to residents of the affected buildings;
North Campus residence hall students will be inconvenienced during the two year construction period by construction activity – noise, frequent truck traffic in and out, dust, pedestrian paths disrupted by fencing, etc.;
There will be a loss of parking spaces in and around the Denton Community; access to parking lot 2 will be limited to designated walkways;
The worst of the inconveniences will be experienced by residents of the Denton Community who are in closest proximity to the project sites.
