More parking,

more classrooms ior Sepiember

Douglas College’s physical plant is expanding.

The crane perched atop the growing concrete structure on Carnarvon
Street, just south of the New Westminster campus, represents about 265
more parking spaces for use by College students. The building, to be
completed by September 1995, is a mix of parking, retail, and residential

space.

The additional parking is coming just in time to alleviate some of the

space pressure in the existing parkade and on the streets around the

campus, and College Bursar Peter Greenwood says safety measures in

the new parkade are extensive.

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“We’re trying to consider as many safety issues as
possible. Most of the parking will have natural
lighting. It will be well-lit, painted white, and we’re
exploring the use of security cameras. There will be
emergency telephones hooked up to the campus
security.” '

Rather than an attendant collecting money, all
drivers will access the parkade using cards, and the
attendant will be constantly moving through the
building to provide enhanced security, says
Greenwood. The new parking is reserved exclusively
for student use, and the College’s four and a half
floors of parking are separate from the other floors in
the new building. Faculty and staff will continue to
use the existing parkade.

Also new for September 1995 is new classroom
and office space in the former bingo hall located just
below the campus and across Victoria Street. Six new
classrooms and five offices are now being finished,
and will be used on a temporary basis until the
Pinetree Way campus opens.

With the increased foot traffic from the new space
and the parkade, Greenwood anticipates much more
use of two little-used College entrances, one adjacent
to the loading bay off Lorne Street, and the other off
Victoria Street by the Systems and Computing
Department. Increased signage will be provided to
highlight these entrances. &

 

The building which
contains Douglas
College’s new parkade is
quickly taking shape.
Located south of the New
Westminster campus on
Carnarvon Street, the new
building will provide
parking spaces for about
265 students and will be
operational for September.