Smoother roads ahead

As the years have gone by, some of the roads around campus have deteriorated to such a poor condition. With potholes lining parts of Rose-Hulman's roads, the suspensions of many cars have been tested. With the extreme freeze-thaw the past couple years and Rose-Hulman's method of removing snow, including many corroding ice-melters, many students have come to realize that some of the roads are past the point of pothole repair. After repeated filling of potholes, Rose-Hulman's Office of Facilities Operations recognized this problem and knows something needs to be done.

Facilities put in place a plan to repave the roads this spring. "The plan is to mill and resurface the roads around the academic buildings and in front of Speed Hall. These areas are in the most need of repair," Wayne Spary, Vice President for Facilities told The Rose Thorn. "The schedule is to accomplish the milling and resurfacing of the roads during the week after commencement this year. This is a time when closing the roads will have minimal impact with the people on campus."

Since Rose-Hulman only needs to accommodate a limited amount of traffic, the Institute doesn't repave often. "Resurfacing of the roads has been done in small sections or part of construction projects. The last resurfacing was the road from the Apartments-style Residence Hall up to the intersection by Logan Library," continued Spary.

Sadly, because of the timing of the repaving, the graduating seniors will not be able to know the happiness of pothole-less Rose-Hulman.