Surrenden Street Closed to Through Traffic
Beginning this Thursday, March 6, Surrenden Street, which
intersects Bedford at the Free Press/WMPG Radio headquarters,
will be blocked off so that people can no longer drive all
the way down Surrenden from Bedford St. Drivers will, however,
be able to turn from Bedford onto Surrenden to enter the parking
lot (P-3) that runs along Bedford St. The change is being
made as part of the parking garage construction project.
Barriers will be placed across Surrenden, just below the
Surrenden St. entrance to the Bedford St. parking lot (P-3).
Please note that Surrenden will be open to pedestrians. For
a map of these streets, go to http://www.usm.maine.edu/mapportland.html.
During the development of the garage project, it was important
to the city and university that the garage be designed so
as not to generate excessive traffic through the neighborhood
bounded by Surrenden, Chamberlain, Washburn and Deering streets.
Consequently, the concept of cutting off Surrenden was submitted
and accepted as part of the project. Under the approved plan,
the upper portion of Surrenden will serve as the direct entrance
into the current parking lot and, when the project is completed,
into the parking garage. Chamberlain, Washburn and the bottom
half of Surrenden will become a self-contained loop, designed
to protect the neighborhood from garage-related traffic. We
also believe the traffic plan will create a safer and more
direct entry point into the garage.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free
to contact Bob Caswell
of Media and Community Relations, or construction engineer
John Rasmussen
of Facilities Management.
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