UConn Parking Garages Will Get Safer

STORRS, CT - The parking garages on the University of Connecticut campus are about to get safer.

An $800,000 project to install safety screening around the existing parapet walls on the upper levels of the north and south garages is set to start in May, according to a plan recently approved by the UConn Board of Trustees.

A portion of the safety device will have a "gate" so any snow getting into the garage area could be easily removed, according to a project outline.

Construction will likely commence after commencement and be finished in August before students arrive back, according to a project outline.

UConn Provost Mun Choi said the safety improvements are a code requirement. The screening will be angled, similar to the safety screening on a bridge, and will total 1,900 linear feet, according to a project outline.

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