Summary: New west campus parking garage with a minimum of 721 parking spaces, landscape garden, bus shelters and pedestrian connection to Read Street/Student Recreation Center.

Architect / Engineer: Carl Walker, Inc.
Total Project Cost: $14,938,183
Parking Spaces: 721
Design Development Approval: August 2006
BOR Budget Re-approval: February 2007
CSP Contract Award: April 2007 (Vaughn Construction)
Construction Start: May 2007
Occupancy: July 2008 (Projected)
Percent Complete: 80%

The Speck Street Garage project is to create a minimum of 721 spaces in a structured parking garage meeting the design guidelines of the Campus Master Plan and current building and accessibility codes. Additionally, the project will include: 1) pedestrian connector walkway to Read St. along Academy St., 2) bus stop shelter, 3) connector roadway for secondary egress into the garage and existing parking lot from Holland St, 4) replacement tree plantings and a landscape garden plaza at the north end of the garage to offset the loss of existing trees on the site.