News Release

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill construction work will temporarily close part of Cameron Avenue to through traffic between Raleigh Road and South Columbia Street beginning Monday, Jan. 17. Through traffic is expected to resume on Cameron in May.

The construction is part of a utility infrastructure upgrade to support the new northeast chiller plant and parking deck, which will be built behind the Center for Dramatic Art, Paul Green Theater and Cobb Residence Hall off Country Club Road.

The chiller plant will support campus-wide energy needs and includes upgrades and additions to existing chilled water distribution and new electrical duct banks connecting with other campus locations. The parking deck and adjacent open space will have 466 and 29 spaces, respectively, to serve north campus. The project also involves redesign of open space in this area that will include improved vehicle and pedestrian paths as well as new tennis courts and a basketball court.

The work affecting Cameron Avenue will be done in short sections, starting at the Raleigh Street end and continuing past the Old Well toward Phillips Hall and Columbia Street. This approach will maintain vehicle access to driveways for local traffic and emergency vehicles. As sections of the project are completed, the work will move west down Cameron. Additional closings of Cameron are scheduled later in the life of this project.

Vehicle access from Country Club on Cameron will progress toward Columbia Street during the project. Chapel Hill Transit access to Cameron will be affected by this work. For updated listings about detours, go to www.chtransit.org/ Pedestrian access will not be affected.

In a related development, traffic on South Road has recently been reduced to one lane in each direction. The duct bank work affecting traffic on South Road stretches down Country Club Road and Raleigh Road to property near the UNC Office of the President. This work is expected to continue through July.

For updates on this and other campus construction projects, visit http://constructionwatch.unc.edu/,  and http://www.dps.unc.edu/dps/breakingnews/Cameron1.05Web/text.htm.

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Contact: Randy Young, (919) 962-1502