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built near their driveway. “We knew they
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University officials had earlier met
with residents to explain the plans for
construction. “The dates given for the
construction was way off,” Anita said.
“Five to 10 years - they were very
vague. Definitely not immediately.”
But UNC Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs Sue Kitchen explained
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Monday that construction could begin
along Mason Farm Road in Spring 2003
and would be completed in Spring 2005.
“Our overall plan was to look at how
to add housing for all new enrollment,”
Kitchen said.
UNC has raised concerns that they
want to be able to use the nearly SSOO
million they have been granted from the
$3.1 billion higher education bond refer
endum. But many town citizens say it’s
not the bond projects they oppose, rather
other projects, such as those by the Mason
Farm Road neighborhood, that use
money other than the funds granted to
the University through the bond package.
“We have always supported the bond
projects,” said former Town Council
member Joe Capowski. “We never stood
in the way of those.”
What town residents are concerned
about is the rapid growth of UNC and
the quick rate at which they are trying to
implement the plan.
“This is the biggest development the
town of Chapel Hill has ever seen,”
Capowski said. “It’s ridiculous to rush it”
Matt Viser can be reached
at viser@email.unc.edu.
News
Project Revamps Downtown
By Emily Canaday
Staff Writer
The whizzing and pounding of con
struction returns for the summer as
Chapel Hill renovates its downtown
area.
Amidst a sea of orange cones, frag
mented concrete and a whirlwind of
dust, the Public Works Department con
tinues its current phase of the long term,
multi-million dollar Streetscape project,
which began nearly a decade ago and
resumes each summer with a multitude
of various projects.
June 4 kicked off this summer’s
$700,000 project which centers on
improvements on the east side of N.
Columbia St. between E. Franklin St.
and Rosemary St.
“As in the past, we’re doing most of
the disruptive work at night to mini
mize the inconvenience,” said
Streetscape Coordinator Emily
Cameron, an engineer with the town.
“Pedestrian traffic at times has to be
redirected around the active construc
tion area,” she said.
The beautification project aims to
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noticed that www.dailytarheel.com was
n’t available online.
On June 13, The Daily Tar Heel
changed service providers for the
paper’s online edition.
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upgrade the deteriorating condition of
300 feet of sidewalks, curbs, gutters and
surrounding infrastructure.
Streetlight and stoplight cables will be
run through newly constructed pipes
beneath the sidewalk and brick pavers
will form a barrier between the sidewalk
and the curb.
Streetscape will also introduce raised
brick planters, new benches, bike racks,
trash receptacles and kiosks.
Another improvement will involve
the consolidation of the 30 newspaper
racks lining N. Columbia Street, which
were considered to be an eyesore to
some residents and officials of the
town.
“(The old newspaper racks) are
detracting from the downtown area due
to the litter, trash and the unsighdiness
and proliferation of them,” said Town
Council member Pat Evans.
The new racks will place free publi
cations such as The Independent Weekly
and Spectator in two town-installed mod
ular racks along with 19 other papers.
The nine paid publications will main
tain their own bins, but a planned ordi
nance will require the coin-operated
Though the new Web site may not
appear significandy different than the
old version, there are a few new features
that are useful.
Photos and graphics are now click
able to show a bigger image of what
appears in the story. The crosswords
and cartoons are also clickable and can
be printed from the Web site the same
size as the appear in the print version.
Unfortunately, due to die new service
provider, Heelmail, the e-mail server fea
tured on the previous DTH site, will no
longer be available on dailytarheel.com.
Gregg Steams, Product Specialist for
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machines to comply with town design
standards.
The Streetscape project also includes
100-foot move of the bus stop, current
ly located mid Franklin Street, closer to
the intersection with Rosemary.
This allows for better accessibility,
safety and comfort, Cameron said.
The expanded space will allow for a
larger bus shelter, more benches and
will eliminate the grade change between
the curb and the street, which had
forced many riders to step in the gutter.
Following the Aug. 6 completion of
the Columbia Street project, a sidewalk
renovation will take place along a 65-
foot stretch in front of Caffe Trio and
Linda’s Bar and Grill. This section
should be completed by the time the fall
semester opens on Aug. 21.
“People are tolerating the construc
tion very well,” said Spanky’s owner
Tom Herzog. “We haven’t lost any busi
ness and I don’t think any other area
businesses have either. Of course, we
will be glad when it is finished.”
Emily Canaday can be reached
at sundancrl @msn.com.
Digital Partners and contact liaison for
The Daily Tar Heel, said it is not yet
known if users could obtain saved e
mail messages from USA Mail, the
company that provided Heelmail on the
old site.
The DTH wants the transition to the
new site to be as smooth as possible. If
you have any questions or concerns
regarding the site’s changes, please e
mail Online Editor Jonathan Miller at
jlmiller@email.unc.edu.
For the Record
The June 14 Article, “Locals Protest
Israeli Actions,” incorrectly stated that a
June I bombing occurred at a Gaza
disco.
The bombing occurred at a disco in
Tel Aviv, which is approximately 40
miles north of Gaza.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.
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