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Green Str4 Study goes i BY STEVE PARKER Managing Editor The engineering firm which completed a study of Green Street last semester has forwarded a recommendation to Columbia's city manager that the street remain open to traffic during evening hours. Campco Engineering of Rock Hill concluded as a result of its study that "based on the impact at current traffic volumes, it is recommended that Green Street remain open to serve the evening commuting peak period." The study did not, however, recommend either closing or leaving Green Street open during the morning or afternoon hours. It was stated that the problems which occurred during the evening hours had not bccurred during other hours of the day. Student Government Association President Leigh Leventis in terprets the firm's lack of a recommendation as to closing the street during morning and af ternoon hours as being favorable to closing the street at those times. "In essence, they're implying that it quite feasibly and easily could be closed during the day. That's my interpretation of what they're saying," Leventis said Wednesday night. The firm's summary of the study stated the traffic flow was disrupted little in daytime hours during the study period. "General vehicular volume increases and decreases in the morning com muting hour were relatively minor and distributed on the street system," the summary stated. Such was not the case with Student senj changes in In a series of hastily drawn legislation the USC Studert, Senate Wednesday attempted to clear up some of the confusion created Tuesday durnii-i Student Government Association (SGA) primary elections. In order to allow more students participation in the electorial systeni. the senate lengthened the hours the polls will be >pen. After a number of plans were considered and defeated an amendment in troduced by Sen. Jim Stuart, a candidate for SGA vice president, setting the voting hours from 9 GAME The Gamecock Is the officia University of South Carolina and Mondays and Thursdays, during and once a week during the su Publications and Communication Opinions expressed in The Gan and not those of the University of The Un r fy. South Caroli stutution. Change of address forms, suti correspondence should be sent t, USC, Columbia, 29208. Subscript and $2 for the summer sessions. Second class postagre paid at ( .et recommendation 0 city manager evening traffic, the study revealed. "During the evening commuting pak, traffic congestion increased creating critical problems along Pendleton and Pickens Streets." During these hours, the study said, traffic speeds decreased on Pickens, Pendleton and Sumter streets. Also, traffic volume caused congestion at several signalized intersections. The study did list a number of measures which could conceivably improve the area's traffic problems. These include prohibiting parking on Pendleton, revising signal timing on all the area streets, widening Laurens Street and putting right turn lanes at the corners of Pickens and Pendleton and the corner of Blossom and Pickens. These alterations are not equipped to handle increased traffic flows which could occur from any number of situations, however. Even continued growth of the University population could result in serious disruptions in traffic flow, despite the possible changes. Growth in downtown business could also cause such disruptions. "These improvements will not be adequate to serve any increase in traffic volumes resulting from nonnal growth which is generally expected to occur at about five per cent annually," the study said. This growth will cause traffic problems, even with Green Street open, the study stated. The study was conducted last semester upon the recom mendation of Columbia City Council. The street was closed during part of October and November. Ette makes elections a.m. to 6 p.m. was approved. Originally the polls were scheduled to be opened from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The number of poll workers was increased, and a new position, that of poll captain, was created to supervise each polling precinct. In addition, the wages of poll workers were increased to $12, in view of the extra hour per day they will be required to work. Poll captains will be paid $20 per day. These people will be required to at tend a train;ng session to learn the intricate workings of the machines. COCK I student newspaper of the is published twice weekly, on the fall and spring semester miner by the USC Board of 5. ecock are those of the editors bouth Carolina. na is an equal opportunity in scriptIem requests and other o The Gamecock, Drawer A, ion rates are $3 per semester noiumhia. S.C. pae~ A T--a Work has begun on the destruction on the Trh TWO IN A MATCH Silky stretch cotton T-tops and long sleeved shirts to match. 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