Here is information about engineering campus construction activities that may affect you in the coming week.
Important
- There has been an increase in U-turns across the railroad right of way on Randall Avenue; these U-turns are both illegal and dangerous. Please plan your travel to campus so that you can make a legal right turn from Randall Avenue onto Engineering Drive.
- Please use designated sidewalks and crossings and refrain from walking in roadways or crossing in the middle of streets.
- Please obey flagger signals. Whether you are on foot, in a vehicle or using other transportation, these people are there to keep you safe when construction equipment is operating outside fenced areas.
- Please obey posted speed limit signs. Traffic enforcement has begun on Engineering Drive to ensure the safety of all.
- Plan ahead and keep your eyes up. Take extra care as you travel through and adjacent to the engineering campus. Be aware of construction (and related) vehicles entering and exiting locations across the engineering campus. Please avoid all fenced areas as well as construction trailers adjacent to the UW Athletics facilities. And be patient and tolerant. We appreciate your role in keeping everyone safe.
New info: Changes and closures anticipated in the week ahead
- On March 10 and 11, there will be paving work on Engineering Drive in front of the Engineering Research Building loading dock area. The street will remain open but may be reduced to one lane at times. Flag people will be on site to ensure you can pass through this area safely.
- Pile driving will temporarily pause after March 7 and resume in approximately two weeks.
Ongoing
- Work will conclude soon in the northwest corner of Lot 17 near the Engineering Centers Building and Mechanical Engineering Building.
- Semi deliveries can no longer be accepted at College of Engineering loading docks. These deliveries must be routed to MDS in Verona for delivery to the college.
For future planning or awareness
- No new information to share this week.
Please be careful and aware: Whether you are on foot, bike, scooter, moped, in a vehicle, or otherwise, be alert and know what’s happening around you. If you see an immediate safety concern, please reach out to Pete Nemmetz, our assistant dean for facilities, right away, at pnemmetz@wisc.edu.
As always, many factors, including weather and other unknowns, may impact construction activities. If our contractors need to make unanticipated changes, I ask that you respect their instructions, and be patient with them and others.
Once again, our goal is to keep you informed about what’s happening for your safety and route-planning purposes.