St. Peter, Tarleton street intersection closing Monday for utility project

Lillian is open starting 10/24/16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 21, 2016

STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Beginning Monday, Oct. 24, the intersection at St. Peter and Tarleton streets will close as progress continues on Tarleton State University’s utility and infrastructure project.

Traffic entering and exiting residential student lot P16 and commuter student lot P17, both just south of Wisdom Gym and the new Honors Hall, will be diverted via temporary access points from the West Sloan and North Rome street intersection, and Lillian Street. The barricade on Lillian will be removed to allow vehicular access to these lots during this phase of construction, providing an entrance to P16 near the Honors Hall’s south doors.

Construction fencing will be placed at the intersection to close off the area to vehicular traffic; however, a pedestrian access will be created to allow a crossing near the St. Peter-Tarleton street intersection just north of the Neebo Bookstore. Signage stating “Road Closed to Through Traffic” will be erected where access is prohibited.

Contractors expect the St. Peter-Tarleton intersection to be closed for approximately three to four weeks as trenching and underground utility work progresses westward along Tarleton Street.

Vehicles still will have access to Lot P30 from St. Peter and Lillian streets.

Parents dropping off children at the university’s Child Development Center (CDC) at the Kinesiology Building complex will access their normal drop-off point from the temporary entrance into Lot P16 from Lillian Street.

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow’s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.

A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of nearly 17,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. True to Tarleton’s values of excellence, integrity and respect, academic programs emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.