A campus-wide construction marathon to repair hazardous walkways, which began July 20, will continue through the summer.
"Inconvenience will be minimal," said Rob Quirk, director of Facilities Management.
Barricades will be set up in individual areas when work begins notifying pedestrians of alternate routes.
There will also be some noise from jackhammers breaking up the concrete. Facilities Management sent a letter to all campus offices to notify them of the repair projects.
Pedestrian detours began near the residence halls last week and are scheduled to remain confined to that area throughout the end of this week. Workers at the site are repairing and replacing unevenly-graded concrete.
Vehicular detours will probably not be necessary, said Quirk.
Repairs to Upper Campus will begin August 1. Construction crews will work their way to Lower Campus in mid-August.
Sidewalks by the tennis courts near the Engineering and Computer Science Building, will be removed because of continuous lift from established ficus trees there, said Gonzalez-Fiorenza, manager of planning and design, physical planning for Facilities Management. The southern exits from the tennis courts will be closed while the area is landscaped.
About 30 sites will be repaired, the largest one being the full length of the walkway near the tennis courts.
"We walked the entire campus and caught everything we could," said Gonzalez-Fiorenza.
If a sidewalk has a small crack, but is flat and could not cause a pedestrian to trip, it will not be repaired at this time, she said.
Landscaping by the tennis courts will include pruning the back roots of the trees, installing a new irrigation system and planting new materials for the previous walkways, said Gonzalez-Fiorenza, who is also a licensed landscape architect. "Several species of shrubs which are colorful, year-round blooming, drought tolerant and low maintenance will be added," she said, "including lantana, star jasmine and rockrose orchid."