At left, construction crews spent several weeks blasting rock out of the ground to make way for the new soccer field, eight-lane track and tennis courts along US-150. SCC President William Hus- ton said the new soccer field should be in place by the beginning of August.
At right, crews contracted through the Kentucky Department of Transportation were busy pour- ing concrete for the new roundabout across from the St. Catharine Motherhouse in early April. The roundabout will allow for continuous traffic flow to the new US-150 bypass and serve as an entry point to the Campus.
On the subject of the new US- 150 bypass, Huston said, “We were within about seven days of opening the bypass after Thanksgiving and the Department of Transportation decided to order a change to have a roundabout at the end of Locust Lane. Instead of having a traf- fic light or a four-way stop, they thought the traffic would always be moving with the roundabout op- tion. That took a little bit longer to design, so that project will be tak- ing shape throughout the next few weeks. They say everything there should be open by the first of May.” Once the roundabout is in place across from the St. Catharine Moth- erhouse and the bypass is open, the old section of US-150 in front of the College will be closed to through traffic.
“Once that road is transferred
over to Washington County, we will partner with them to modify that road to include a landscaped median
where the center lane used to be,” Huston said. “That way, when you first come into the Campus, it will be a much softer appeal than having a highway like we have right now. Once that is completed, that road will be deeded to the College.” Huston also told the crowd that the College is looking into acquir- ing additional property directly across the road from the Campus. “We have the opportunity to purchase some additional acre- age,” he said. “This was presented to the Board of Trustees several weeks ago. This would be two tracts of land - the first one is about six acres adjoining the connecting road for the new bypass. On our Master Plan, we show two facili- ties in that section - one would be a student-friendly facility housing Admissions, Financial Aid and the Registrar Office. The second is a Convocation Center, but we don’t think there is enough room for a
Convocation Center with the cur- rent houses sitting on that property.” On the opposite side of the by- pass connector is a tract of 32 acres. “We have also made a proposal to the landowner to purchase that land as well,” Huston added. “All of those tracts together would be between 36-38 acres and would give us complete control of the con- nector road as far as facilities are concerned and would give us a two- mile stretch of the bypass where we would have a presence. This figures very realistically into our long range plan.”
Huston said he hopes to see dirt moving on the St. Catharine Cam- pus for a long time.
“These new tracts, if acquired, would fit in very positively with the land we already own,” he said. “That would give us close to 100 acres of land and I think that would be sufficient for our growth during the next 20 years.”
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