External Construction

Welch Street

Starting Wednesday, November 20th, Welch Street will be closed between Mulberry Street and Hickory Street. This construction is expected to last for four weeks.

Impacts:

• Pedestrians must use the south crosswalk at Mulberry to cross Welch, and the north crosswalk at Hickory to cross Welch.
  

Ave C (Highland to Eagle)

• Soil mixing and stabilization work continues this week.
• The first layer of asphalt is scheduled for Monday, 9/23.
• Concrete crews will arrive next week and start activities on repairing/replacing concrete curbs and sidewalks
  • Crews will be focusing all attention on the western side of the job site so that pedestrian sidewalks between Eagle and Highland St can be opened up sooner than later.
• This Thursday, 9/19, the accessible pathway around Highland St is planned to change. The existing southern crosswalk at Ave C & Highland St intersection will be closed for construction.
  • There will be temporary ramps on the east and west side of Ave C & Highland St intersection providing a temporary accessible path to cross Highland St.
  • The new accessible pathway and traffic configuration is depicted in the map below.
  • The accessible pathway to get across Ave C will require pedestrians to cross Highland St on either the east/west side of the intersection, then go across Ave C on the north side of the intersection, and cross back.
  • For safety reasons, vehicular and bicycle traffic will be tapered down to one lane going eastbound on Highland St approaching and crossing the intersection. Eastbound traffic on Highland St will open back up to two lanes once across Ave C.

Welch St (Prairie to Chestnut, aka Union Circle block)

• This Friday, 9/20, the closure of Welch St is scheduled to move north to the next phase of work between Chestnut and Mulberry.
• Welch will then be open from Eagle Dr to Chestnut St.
• Pedestrians will only be able to get across Welch St at the Chestnut and Mulberry intersections and not be able to cross at Sycamore St.
• Vehicles will be detoured around using Bernard St.

Welch Street

Starting Friday, September 20th, Welch Street will be closed between Mulberry Street and Chestnut Street. This construction is expected to last for four weeks.

Impacts:

• Pedestrians must use the south crosswalks at Mulberry and Chestnut to cross Welch.

Ave C (Highland to Eagle)

• Rough grading and preparation of the soil continues this week.
• Next week, the first treatment of lime is scheduled. Only work crews should be in the job site while this caustic and dangerous material is being handled.

Welch St (Prairie to Chestnut, aka Union Circle block)

• It is likely that the water line installation will be complete this week.
• Next, pressure testing and water quality tests will commence. City Water must approve the tests before crews can move forward to the next phase of work, which is between Chestnut to Mulberry.
• If all goes well, it’s possible crews will be able to move to the next phase of work around the week of Sept 9.

Central Ave (Highland to Maple)

• The roadway is expected to be fully opened by the end of the day this Friday.
• Concrete work on sidewalks continues this week.
• Road striping and paint is scheduled for this Friday. Crews will direct traffic to continue allowing vehicular access to the garage during this work.

Central Ave

• Highland Street Garage entrances are expected to be closed on Aug. 23 (Friday) to allow the paving crews to complete work on both sides of the road.
  • • If you are a faculty or staff member with a Highland Street Garage permit, please use F/S parking lots during the closure.
    • If you are a student with a Highland Street Garage permit, please use Eagle parking lots during the closure.
    • If you typically use the garage for daily parking or are a visitor, please use another visitor parking lot or the ParkMobile app to find hourly parking on campus.

Welch Street

Starting Friday, August 9th, Welch Street will be closed between Prairie Street and Chestnut Street. This construction is expected to last for four weeks.

Impacts:

• Traffic control barricades will be put in place on Friday, 8/9, to close the roadway.
• Pedestrians must use crosswalks parallel from the construction site in order to cross Welch Street.

Ave C

Avenue C is fully blocked off to pedestrian and vehicle traffic from Eagle Drive to Highland Street. Vehicles and pedestrians will not be able to cross the street at Maple Street. See more information below for details about navigating Maple Street.

The City expects their work on Avenue C to conclude in December 2024 or January 2025. UNT anticipates that Avenue C will be temporarily opened for fall 2024 commencement.

Due to the partial closure of Avenue C, Maple Street traffic will be diverted along Avenue B. In the image above, note the barricade that will be in place preventing westbound Maple Street traffic from going further than Avenue B.

Avenue B will be temporarily re-routed to be southbound traffic only (see blue arrows on the map). Permit holders who park in Lot 23 and Lot 44 (the on-street parking) will need to use Avenue A to access Maple Street and then go south on Avenue B to access your parking area.

This will also block access to the Maple Street entrance to Lot 24. Lot 24 permit holders - please use the Highland Street entry/exit point only.

Welch Street

• Closure is now in place from Highland to Prairie, with traffic control in place
  • Allows for Lot 36 access

Central Ave

• Central Avenue is the street where you will find the vehicle entrances to the Highland Street Garage. The city is repaving that road, following some work that had to be done in the area over the summer. The entrances remain open but the road is a bit rough. The roadwork is expected to be complete by Sept. 3.
• Highland Street Garage entrances are expected to be closed on Aug. 23 (Friday) to allow the paving crews to complete work on both sides of the road.
  • • If you are a faculty or staff member with a Highland Street Garage permit, please use F/S parking lots during the closure.
    • If you are a student with a Highland Street Garage permit, please use Eagle parking lots during the closure.
    • If you typically use the garage for daily parking or are a visitor, please use another visitor parking lot or the ParkMobile app to find hourly parking on campus.
• The Central Avenue roadwork is also blocking one entrance to Lot 36, which is just east of the Highland Street Garage. The roadwork is expected to be complete by Sept. 3 and,once it is done, the entrance will be reopened.
• Until the Central Avenue entrance is reopened please use the entrance along Maple Street (accessible from Welch Street) as the main entry and exit point. The traffic on Maple Street has been temporarily set as two-way traffic to accommodate this and Eagle commuter street parking has been blocked to allow for this measure. These two items are noted on the image above -- the yellow arrow shows the entry/exit point, and the red X shows that street parking is temporarily removed.
• When entering or exiting the lot as a pedestrian, the safest route is to use the northeast corner of the lot since all other sidewalk areas are blocked. This is at the corner of Highland Street and Welch Street, noted on the image above by a red circle.

Ave D + Chestnut

• Anticipated to be fully done and road opened by Friday, August 2nd

 

This summer, major construction is taking place around campus, with the first major road and sidewalk closures beginning Monday, June 3rd. All areas are anticipated to reopen on Monday, August 12th. These closures will impact both vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Central Ave between Highland and Maple (Welch + Central map above)

•    A full road closure begins Tuesday, June 4.
•    The entire roadway is being reconstructed and some adjacent sidewalks are being replaced.
•    We are currently working with the contractor on alternate entry/exit routes to Highland St Parking Garage.
•    Vehicles will be able to access Lot 36 from Maple St.
•    Street parking on Maple St between Highland and Central will not be available.

Welch St between Eagle Dr and Highland St (Welch + Central map above)

•    A new waterline is being installed in the roadway and some adjacent sidewalks are being replaced.

Ave D from Chestnut to Mulberry; and Chestnut from Ave C to Ave D (Ave D + Chestnut map above)

•    Ave D will be closed from Chestnut to Mulberry, starting Monday, June 3.
•    Chestnut will be closed from Ave C to Ave D, starting Tuesday, June 4.
•    Multiple crews will be working at the same time to install new water and sewer lines. Some adjacent sidewalks are being replaced.
•    UNT Lot 5 (next to Chestnut Hall) will be accessible from the driveway off Sycamore St.
•    UNT Lot 4 (next to Chilton Hall) will be inaccessible for the duration of the work.
•    Street parking will not be available.

If you need assistance finding alternate pedestrian routes for currently active construction projects, please contact Facilities Work Control by calling 940-565-2700 or emailing Work.Control@unt.edu.

The following maps depict an overview of the areas affected by construction over the coming years:

• Welch Street is undergoing both utility work and roadwork that began in summer 2024 and is expected to be completed in spring 2026.
• The work is being done in sections: From Eagle Drive to Highland Street; From Highland Street to Prairie Street; From Prairie Street to Chestnut Street; From Chestnut Street to Mulberry Street; From Mulberry Street to Hickory Street
• Each section requires full road closure at that section only while the City completes their work. The rest of Welch will remain open, with detours around the section undergoing work.
• Utility work is partially complete, as work starting in early summer 2024. The utility work is expected to continue north in sections through December 2024.
• Once utility work is complete, the city will start back at their initial section (Eagle to Highland) and begin work on road paving.
• Several UNT buses use Welch Street to access their pick up/drop off locations along Union Circle. Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) is aware of the detours needed by this roadwork and has adjusted their schedules accordingly.
• Please be aware that due to traffic conditions, there may still be delays for some bus routes.
• DCTA routes for fall 2024 can be found here: https://www.dcta.net/getting-around/rail-bus-services/university-routes/fall-2024
• Lot 47 near the Welch Street complexes will be inaccessible while the city works on the section of Welch from Prairie to Chestnut.

Atmos

• Atmos will be installing new gas lines along Welch St and every side street east of Welch over the summer. They City is requiring them to be done with all this before August.
• They anticipate no road closures. All of the work will be off the road in the right-of-way, potentially around sidewalks.
• Various crosswalks and/or sidewalks may be closed during work. They agreed to provide 24 – 48 hour advance notice before they shut anything down so we can work on relaying that information and they will maintain accessible detours.
• The map shows the how they’re phasing the work (moving north to south through campus).
• They’re working this week in Areas 2 & 3 (Bernard/Sycamore/Mulberry area). They’re potholing to find existing utilities with new line installations starting soon.
• Area 1 (Fry St area) will start after Commencement.
• Area 4 – 10 will start after 1-3 are done.

Facilities works diligently to advocate for the university’s best interest, to minimize negative impacts to our community, and to keep everyone informed as accurately and quickly as possible.