4—The Daily Collegian Monday. September 30. 1974
Penn DOT,
CompromLse on bypass sought
B - DAVE SHAFFER
Collegian Staff Writer
State Transportation of
ficials will meet with local of
ficials and citizens tomorrow
to try to reach a compromise
over the State College By-
Pass.
State Secretary of Trans
portation Jacob Kassab is
among those expected to at
tend the meeting.
The Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Transportation also
will release studies made by
an independent engineering
firm concerning the in
terchdnge design of the
proposed by-pass as it crosses
the Benner Pike.
UN I
vER s Ty CALENDAR
Monday, September 30
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Sports: Women's:field hockey, vs. Slippery Rock, 2:20 p.m.
Gamma Pi Epsilon program on "Addiction and Rehabilitation" by speakers from
"On Drugs," 8 p.m.. McElwain Hall piano lounge.
' SEMINARS
Environmental Problem Solving, 8 p.m., Room 105 Forum. Mike Brill, architecture
and environmental design, State University of New York at Buffalo, on
"Everything You Always Wanted l to Know about Systems but Were Afraid to
Ask."
Plant Pathology, 9:45 Room 213 Buckhout. Richard Woodward on
Symbiont Theory : One Explanation of Mitochondria and Chloroplast Origin in the
Eukaryotic Cell."
Biochemistry, 11:10 a.m., Room 10 Althouse. Thomas Smyth, entomology, on
"Chemical Synapses - In Retrospect."
MEETINGS
Council of Exceptional Children, 7 p.m., Room 169 Willard.
OTIS, 6:30 p.m.; Room 203 HUB.
Colloquy, 8:15 p.m., Room 203 HUB.
OFFICIAL
Preregistration deadline for Winter Term.
.
Deadline for filing Course Drops.
File for Pass-Fail.
Deadline for filing Course Repeat.
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EXHIBITS •
Museum of Art Manayunk and Other Places: Francis Speight's paintings and
drawings, Galleries A and C. Selections from the permanent collection,lGallery B.
Free public tours Thursdays, 1:30 p.m.
Chambers Gallery Jeanne Stevens-Sollmarf, drawings and ceramics.
Kern Gallery —Bob and. Susan Duncan, oil paintings. Pedgie Lawson, pottery.
Pattee Library Central foyer, memorabilia of George Gilbert Pond.
(Items to be included in this calendar should be sent to Room 312 Old Main).
Centre 'County groups meet tomorrow
The by-pass, which has been
in planning for over ten years,
is designed to re-route traffic
from Route 322. The two end
sections were constructed in
1969, !:iut the middle section
has been a subject of con
tenticin between citizens,
PennDOT and College Town
ship officials.
At issue is the interchange
design as the by-pass crosses
Route 26 on the Benner Pike.
The present desigh is a "trum
pet" interchange [ with a long
connector road rather than a
simple exit ramp.
The bridge bringing the by
pass over the pike; as present
ly designed, would cross at a
spot where the pike is.already
40 feet off the ground. The
engineering firm has studied
the feaiability of going under
the Benrier Pike.
. Also at issue is the con
nector road to the University
from the proposed middle sec
tion as it bends around the
University toward North
Atherton.
The University wants a road
built from the by-pass to Park
Avenue, which is in a residen
tial area just North of Cam
pus. A local citizens group, the
Centre Citizens_ Council, wants
the road to c t onnect with Cur
tain RoO, which runs through
Campus!
The University claims the
Curtain intersection would
create high traffic volume
which would conflict with portation Study, which is
heavy pedestrian traffic on looking into future traffic
campus
The Centre Citizens, on the
other hand, oppose the Park
Avenue cohnector because it
runs into a residential area,
while the Curtain road access
would lead into planned
University parking areas near
Beaver Stadium.
The original PennDOT
design favors • a connector
road into Park Avenue, but no
final decision has Veen an
nounced.
The by-pass has been a sub
ject of controversy for the last r Richard Garner, president
ten years. In 1973 the Centre of Centre Citizens, said Friday
Citizens Council took a formal he "anticipates the secretary
stand against some aspects of will announce a decision Cen
the by-pass design. tre Citizens Council will sup-
Besides a ' revaluation of port," and added he would at
the access route, the Centre tend the meeting
Citizens also have asked
the Centre Regional Trans
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The Brothers of
Alpha Sigma Phi
welcome thei .
fallpledge cla. i s:,
Terry Bobbin John Hriunak
Bruce Buffalini Joseph Kane ,
Kevin Burns Joseph Karwell
Edward Collins - Jerry Mentzer
Charles Elliot Craig fallermo
Carl Fisher Kurt Pieples
Paul Gromacki Rob Riley
Brad Hafer
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trends, to make additional•
traffic analysis to determine if
a four-lane by-pass is neces
sary.
Whether some compromise
will be worked out among
local groups is "up to them
and Kassab," said one Penn-
DOT official Friday.
Bruce E. Speegle, district
engineer for PennDOT, said
he is optimistic about the
meeting and hopes to see con
struction on the middle section
begin next spring.
"I don't think we'll get
everything we want, but I
don't think they'll ,get
everything they want either,"
he said.
The meeting is scheduled
for 10 a.m. tomorrow in the
College Township municipal
building.
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