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Cars would leave the parking
areas, however, by going between
Preston and Woodrow Colleges and
turning right onto Green at the
crosswalk. The passageway is
already open to outgoing traffic.
Brunton said that most cars still
exit through the Horseshoe to
Sumter.
Hill said Thursday he planned to
speak on the plan at a meeting of
the Board of Trustee's Building
and Grounds Committee the next
day. He did not attend, however,
when it was learned that a quorum
would not be-present and no voting
could take place .
Brunton said the Green St. exit
was part of a Horseshoe Advisory
Committee decision to close the
Horseshoe to traffic and brick the
street running through it.
University President William H.
Patterson said of the decision, "I
don't really think it will have a
great effect because I don't
assume you would have much
traffic on the back (Green St.) side
of the Horseshoe." Brunton said
possibly 200 cars park in the area.
By fall semester, traffic will be
rerouted again, Brunton said,
possibly entering at the crosswalk
and exiting back onto Green from
between Coker and Science Annex
No. 1.
He said, however, that the ad
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ministration did not like the idea of
an entrance at the crosswalk. "We
would like to separate pedestrians
and cars as much as possible and
this does the opposite of what we
want." If there is enough space,
both the entrance and exit will be
between Coker and the Science
Annex, Brunton said.
Hill said he did not understand
why it was necessary to run a fence
through the island to prevent
jaywalking. There are no fences
on other streets for that purpose,
he said.
Breaks in the fence are planned
for the crosswalk in front of
Russell House and the crosswalk at
Bull Street as well as two breaks
for traffic. The fence which
Brunton said would be the three
foot, black-iron type bordering
Pickens St., was not part of the
original Green St. Proposal.
Brunton said, however, that to
have a fence was not an arbitrary
decision made solely by him. "In
previous years, a decision would
have been made and implemented.
In today's environment, all plans
are discussed."
Even though further formal
university approval is needed for
the details of the proposal, Brunton
said, he is incorporating ideas
from students, trustees, con
sultants, the FGAC and Columbia
city officials.
Co-operation between such
University elements was
responsible for the final plans for
Gibbes Green, which were much
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different from those originally
proposed by the administration, he
said.
Hill said, however, that the final
plans for Green St. should not be
left to Brunton alone, but should go
before the FGAC.
Columbia City Manager
Graydon Olive and Columbia City
Council was awaiting the final plan
before taking action on the
proposal.
The SGA president's third
reservation concerned widening
Green St. "I don't like having to
take part of the curb and widen the
street but I guess there's no
choice."
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The street is to be widened 20 feet
to accomodate the island, Brunton
said. There is a good possibility of
using Hill's idea of moving the
sidewalk back five feet back on the
Russell House side of Green and 15
feet on the opposite side, he said.
Other Hill proposals at the
Thursday meeting with Brunton
included using brick for sidewalks
along Green. Brunton said that
would be expensive but that using
both brick and cement would be
less expensive and would help
reduce glare in the area.
Hill also suggested allowing for
pedestrian passage on either side
of breaks in the island which are to
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be made for traffic to exit the
Russell House parking lot and the
exit between Coker and the Science
annex.
Brunton said he had given up on
using speed bumps after informal
meetings with city officials. City
Councilman R.E. L. Freeman said
Friday speed bumps would be
unacceptible because they would
cause people not to use the street
thus hurting business in the Five
Points shopping area where Green
joins Harden Street.
As for other Green St. proposals,
Freeman said, "My mind is pretty
open." He added, "All we really
want is to keep the street open."
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