Be aware of road closures near the Charter Street Heating Plant
The removal of rail at the Orchard Street railroad crossing is underway and will continue through today (Friday June 1).
The removal of rail at the Orchard Street railroad crossing is underway and will continue through today (Friday June 1).
The Wisconsin High School Forensic Association will hold its annual Wisconsin Speech Festival on campus on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, April 20-21.
As scheduled, Observatory Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive will be reopened to one-way traffic westbound on Saturday, Feb. 25.
The traditional spring and summer construction season on campus really hasn’t begun yet, but Observatory Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive is expected to be closed to traffic from Tuesday, Feb. 14, to Friday, Feb. 25, due to a construction project near the Soils Building at 1525 Observatory Drive.
They’ve become the subject of myriad YouTube “how-to” videos. Entire department of transportation websites explain how to navigate them. And, they elicit more than a little anxiety and confusion in the minds of drivers entering, circling and exiting them.
Several street closures will be in effect during the Homecoming parade near the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Friday, Oct. 14.
The underground utility project at North Charter Street and Observatory Drive should be completed by mid-October, says Rob Kennedy of Transportation Services.
University of Wisconsin–Madison Transportation Services and the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin will offer free bike valet parking at all Badger football games this season.
Approximately 7,000 University of Wisconsin-Madison students will soon be moving into residence halls across the campus in preparation for the 2011-12 academic year.
The third annual Madison Mini-Marathon will be taking place this Saturday, Aug. 20, on several campus area streets and motorists can expect some partial lane closures. Participants will be running on one half of the road around most of the course. The half-marathon and the 5K begin at 7 a.m. Both races will be completed …
Starting this week, West Dayton Street will be down to one lane between Charter Street and Mills Street due to the Charter Street Heating Plant project. There will be flaggers in both directions and motorists and bicyclists should be on the lookout for them and follow their directions. The lane closure is expected to continue …
The underground utility project on Observatory Drive and Charter Street is moving into its final phase.
Drivers in the campus area are being reminded that North Charter Street is closed between Observatory and Linden drives due to an underground utility project related to steam and chilled water service.
Several new campus-area road projects and closures will begin soon and continue throughout the summer.
Thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are moving out of their residence halls this week.
The public will have many opportunities to experience a massive showcase of hands-on science when the National Science Olympiad Tournament rolls into the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday-Saturday, May 18-21.
Several campus-area streets will be closed to traffic this Saturday, April 30, from 10-11:30 a.m. for the 30th annual Crazylegs Classic.
On Friday and Saturday, April 15-16, the Wisconsin High School Forensic Association will hold its 116th State Speech Festival on campus.
Bicycle use and abuse on Picnic Point will be the subject of a listening session at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union from 7-8:30 p.m. on Monday, March 21.
Update (Feb. 14, 2011): The work on the sidewalk on West Dayton Street has been postponed. Work should begin within a week; check back to news.wisc.edu for updates. Original posting: Beginning on Monday, Feb. 14, the sidewalk on the north side of West Dayton Street between Lake Street and the East Campus Mall will be …