Beginning Monday (Jan. 3) through April, various impacts will take place in the southern Agricultural drive lane and parking area to accommodate utility work. Signage will detour pedestrians during a sidewalk closure. Access to the Ag Engineering loading dock will be maintained, including farm equipment. Parking spaces will be closed along the drive lane.
From Monday (Jan. 3) early morning through Friday (Jan. 7) mid day, construction fencing at Hamilton Hall will be adjusted to accommodate the next phase of construction. Two-way traffic to the Brain and Spine Hospital will be accommodated along the east side of Prior Hall. Signage will detour pedestrians to the east side of Neil Ave. Access to Hamilton Hall will be maintained at its southeast entrance. The COTA bus stop temporarily will be be out of service during the site reconfiguration and will reopen at the south end of the block near 10th Ave.
Beginning Monday (Dec. 27) early morning through August 2022, the east entry of Newton Hall will close permanently. Temporary access to the building will be on the northwest side, while workers construct a new entry.
On Dec. 28-29 and again on Jan. 4-5, Olentangy River Road will undergo three phases of lane restrictions south of the pedestrian bridge to accommodate utility work. On Jan. 6, phase 4 will impact some parking spaces at Sisson Hall. Throughout, two-way traffic and access to the Sisson Hall parking lot will be maintained.
From Monday (Dec. 20) early morning through Thursday (Dec. 30) early evening, Fyffe Rd. between Lane Ave. and Woody Hayes Dr. will be closed to accommodate utility work. Signage will detour traffic and pedestrians. CABS buses will be detoured to Woody Hayes Dr., Kenny Rd., and Lane Ave. Access to the Vivian Hall and Ag Admin parking lots will be maintained. Access to the west entrance of the Ag Admin Building will be maintained.
Veterinary Medicine Client Access - The Veterinary College of Medicine has requested the following for the preferred direction of travel, starting from the SR-315...
From Dec. 20-31, Old Cannon Dr. between Medical Center Dr. and King Ave. will be closed nightly from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to accommodate utility work to support the new Dodd Garage. Signage will detour traffic. Motorists wishing to access King Ave. are advised to utilize Neil Ave.
Deferred maintenance is a priority issue for Facilities Operations and Development’s vice president Mark Conselyea.
“Deferred maintenance is clearly an issue with all of our colleagues in universities across the nation,” Conselyea said.
In a recent podcast episode titled “The Risk Behind Your Walls,” Conselyea sat down with The Chronicle of Higher Education. The 10-minute segment addresses deferred maintenance, the challenges for large institutions, and the strategies FOD is working through right here at Ohio State.
“Most people experience what happens inside the walls, but what’s happening behind the walls most people don’t see, and that’s our...
From Friday (Dec. 17) early morning through Tuesday (Dec. 21) mid evening, the northbound lane of College Rd. will be closed to accommodate landscaping. Flaggers will facilitate two-way traffic between 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. The northbound lane will reopen each evening at 7 p.m. and close again the following morning at 6 a.m.
From Monday (Dec. 20) early morning to Tuesday (Dec. 21) mid morning, the south sidewalk of Woody Hayes Drive, between the Adventure Recreation Center and Herrick Dr. will be closed for repair. Signage will detour pedestrians to the north sidewalk.
From December 13-19, construction will impact 12th Ave., east of Cannon Dr., in two phases:
Dec. 13-16 (7 p.m.) - Lane restrictions, reducing 12th Ave. to one lane, each direction. Dec. 16 (7 p.m.) - 19 - Full closure between Cannon Dr. and Harding Hospital to accommodate crane removal. Traffic will be detoured to Herrick Dr. Parking at Parks Hall will be unavailable.
