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Traffic changes at Shands UF
Mar 17 2008Alvin Green
Shands at UF Transportation Supervisor
On Tuesday, March 11, a construction project began that will connect Shands at the University of Florida to the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital with an underground tunnel beneath Southwest Archer Road. This project will affect all traffic entering and exiting Shands at UF, including shuttle routes and ambulance services. Nov. 1 is the expected project completion date.
The following traffic changes will go into affect on Monday, March 17:
Emergency Department traffic:
Shands at UF Emergency Department traffic will pull into the ED entrance and will have to back out to exit. A full-time, traffic-control officer will be on duty to assist at the ED ramp 24 hours, seven days a week. In addition to this on March 11, a temporary pedestrian bridge will be built beneath the covered walkway that leads to the east lobby entrance (this is the east entrance closest to the ED and most readily accessed by the east parking garage - not the east entrance in the front circle). Pedestrian access to this entrance will not be affected during or after the construction of the temporary bridge.
Front circle traffic:
All vehicle traffic to the Shands at UF main entrance (front circle) must enter and exit via the Southwest Archer Road and Southwest 16th Street traffic light intersection. This will include all visitors, patient pick-up/drop-off, valet drop-off/return and patient/visitor shuttle buses. There will be no access to the front circle from Newell Drive. However, access to Newell Drive from Southwest Archer Road will not be affected, nor will access to the east parking garage. In an effort to keep the front circle free of traffic for our patients and visitors, all staff who are picked-up/dropped-off by personal vehicles in the front circle are urged to find an alternate location such as the dental entrance on the west side of the complex. Shands Security will monitor this situation.
Shuttle service:
The Shands AGH shuttle buses that stop in the breezeway will now stop near the Shands at UF Atrium entrance in the front circle. The route and stopping point for visitor and patient shuttles that serve the Shands Med Plaza and visitor parking garages will not change. The employee shuttle buses (ShandsVan) will only enter the front circle after dark. During the day, they will stop at the RTS bus stop on Southwest Archer Road just west of the front-circle entrance.
We appreciate your patience during this time and we will let you know when our normal traffic patterns resume.
For further information or questions, please call the Shands at UF Safety and Security office at (352) 265-0028, or e-mail Shands at UF Transportation Supervisor Alvin Green at green@shands.ufl.edu
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