Laboratory employees will soon have a new entrance to the parking lot in the southeast corner of Diamond Drive and Jemez Road. The new entrance will be from Diamond Drive south of the existing intersection.
The current entrance into this parking lot on Jemez Road is closing permanently and the pick-up/drop-off lot for park-and-ride commuter buses is moving to a new location south of the old building and grounds facility, said Mark Harris of Deployed Service (PM-DS), project manager for the project.
The new entrance is scheduled to open on April 24, weather permitting, and if a new traffic signal now being erected on Diamond Drive is activated. Harris said the new traffic signal is about 600 feet south of the Diamond Drive-Jemez Road intersection. "All employees, commuters, park-and-ride buses, LA Bus and KSL taxi services will need to use the new entrance on Diamond Drive to enter and exit the parking lot. A dedicated turn lane into the parking lot will be set up on southbound Diamond Drive," he said.
Signs and electronic message boards will be set up to direct park-and-ride buses, LA Bus and KSL Services taxis in and out of the new drop off area from Diamond Drive. There also will be pedestrian access signs in place to direct pedestrians back to the Diamond Drive-Jemez Road intersection, the parking lot exit sidewalk onto Diamond Drive and the pedestrian tunnel under Diamond Drive. Additional signs will direct employee vehicles to parking areas.
Employees and other pedestrians are asked not to "jaywalk" across Diamond Drive through the construction area and to adhere to traffic control signs and message.
Harris said any government or personal vehicles now parked near the current park-and-ride pick-up/drop-off lot should be removed by April 21 or they will be removed.
For more information, call 5-4466.
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