[Durham INC] Durham Closes City Hall Plaza March 14

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  February 28, 2011

 

 

Durham Closes City Hall Plaza to Improve Accessibility to City Hall

Closure in Effect for Vehicular Traffic Until July 2011

 

Durham, N.C. - Beginning Monday, March 14, 2011, City Hall Plaza, which
provides access to City Hall, will be closed to vehicular traffic until
July 2011.  

 

Throughout the project, pedestrians will have access to all public
entrances of City Hall as well as a designated drop-off for residents
with disabilities, which will be the semi-circle next to City Hall
(night deposit drop-off location) located on Mangum Street. A wheelchair
lift is accessible from the Mangum Street drop-off for residents who
wish to enter City Hall from the Annex level.

 

Reminiscent of the Downtown Revitalization Project, the City Hall Plaza
Improvement Project includes resurfacing, curb and gutter, sidewalks
with brick pavers, streetlights, storm drainage, water lines, and
landscaping. It also includes a new drop-off area for residents with
disabilities, which will be separated from vehicular traffic on City
Hall Plaza to provide a safer area to enter City Hall.

 

The City of Durham's Public Works Department is also installing seven
Filterra Bioretention Sys-tems, which will capture stormwa-ter
pollutants to treat urban runoff. The combi-nation of landscape
vegetation and a specially designed filter allows bacteria, metals,
nutrients, and suspended solids to be removed from stormwater pollutants
naturally. 

 

For more information about this planned closure, visit the City's
website at www.DurhamNC.gov/departments/works/project_ST-243.cfm or
contact Kyle Butler, project manager with the City's Public Works
Department, at (919) 560-4326, ext. 30245 or via e-mail at 
Kyle.Butler at DurhamNC.gov. 

 

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