Release Date: Friday, October 1st 2010

Point Park University to Begin Wood Street Corridor Improvement Project

For immediate release

Contact: Terra McBride
412.392.3987
tmcbride@pointpark.edu

Point Park University to Begin
Wood Street Corridor Improvement Project
Lane and Sidewalk Restrictions in Place During Enhancements

Pittsburgh, PA—September 28, 2010—Point Park University will begin construction on streetscape improvements to the Wood Street Corridor, a project of the Academic Village at Point Park University, on October 3, 2010. The project will last approximately 18 months and is one of the key elements of the Academic Village Initiative, a $244 million campus and neighborhood improvement plan.

The first phase of the project will begin on the west side of Wood Street, between Fort Pitt Boulevard and First Avenue. Pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk will be re-routed and the western-most lane of traffic will also be closed. Port Authority bus routes will be unaffected.

Point Park University was awarded a $3.95 million grant from the Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative for the Wood Street upgrades and enhancements. The grant was the largest of 40 awarded throughout the commonwealth and will fund such improvements as new trees, milling and resurfacing of the street, installation of accessible sidewalks and curbs, installation of LED light fixtures, the addition of distinctive pedestrian-scaled street lighting and new and efficient signaling systems at the intersections with the Boulevard of the Allies and Third Avenue.

The Wood Street Corridor project is a joint collaboration among Point Park University, the City of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Point Park University, founded in 1960, is a comprehensive master’s level university with a strong liberal arts tradition, and is located in the heart of Downtown Pittsburgh. Point Park enrolls approximately 3,900 full-and part-time students in 67 undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs offered through its School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Communication and the Conservatory of Performing Arts.

For more details, visit http://www.pointpark.edu/About/AcademicVilliageInitiative/News/WoodStreetOctober201.