Parking
Crunch: At the beginning of the fall semester, campus parking was reduced to about 2,700 student parking spaces - 18 percent of the once-available spots.=
Solution: The University's Master Plan calls for about 1.9 million square feet of additional parking to be included by the end of the build-out. The construction includes the addition of three parking decks on campus. The recently completed Rams Head Center, which opened last spring, offers 768 parking spaces. A deck near Cobb Residence Hall will add 470 spaces and another, near UNC Hospitals, will create 800 parking spaces. Both are scheduled for completion this summer.
Classroom space
Crunch: Due to numerous academic buildings going offline, the academic day has been extended from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. and is using alternative scheduling, such as allowing 75-minute classes on Monday/Wednesday only to be scheduled after 3:30 p.m.
Solution: The Student Academic Services Building, currently under construction on the corner of Ridge Road and Manning Drive, will be a hub for myriad University administrative offices after its completion in spring 2007. As renovations are completed and new buildings are added, the squeeze is promised to dissipate.
