From the article:

“Improvements to benefit pedestrians could include flashing warning lights before and after school, cones, additional signs and increased police patrols, Valentino said.”

From the University of Houston web site:   

 ”A construction fence will be installed on the west side of the Hilton University of Houston beginning Monday, Oct. 15.  

The fence will close a portion of two sidewalks in Lynn Eusan Park, however, a temporary path will be provided to connect the sidewalks surrounding the construction area and to accommodate north-south pedestrian traffic.

University Drive will experience additional traffic from construction vehicles during the excavation of the site. A flag man will be posted to help direct traffic. The fence will remain in place through mid-December. Please refer to the map on the below for more information on affected areas.”

The temporary sidewalk shown in the map is a T-PAR, a Temporary Pedestrian Access Route.  As specified by PROWAG and MUTCD.  The University obviously made pedestrian safety a real priority.   

Do these acronyms sound vaguely familiar to you?  But you know you need to learn more?  Well, we explain PROWAG and MUTCD and TPAR and a lot more in our ”Building Accessible Work Zones” Workshop. 

Our workshop is designed for anyone responsible for closing sidewalks:  engineers, contractors, PW Deptartments, or facility managers.  It is free of charge to groups of 20 or more.  

Please contact me at wejamieson@plasticsafety.com to make arrangements.

From the article:

Neither Meister nor Skiba anticipate any type of road or sidewalk closures during the fall semester from the various projects, but Meister does encourage students to be aware.

“If a sign says ‘Construction Do Not Enter,’ then do not enter,” Meister said. “You would be surprised how much this still happens.”

From the article:

UT officials are also preparing for the large crowds expected during football season.

“It’s something we’re going to have to adapt [to] as we go through the season. I think we have a good plan in place,” Maples said. “It’s a very congested area, but we will pull back the construction fence on game days, seven Saturdays, to expand for traffic and pedestrians.”