Students no longer will be able to park in central and east parking areas if the university gets the go-ahead to construct about 1,200 additional parking spaces.

Central and east campus parking areas will be changed to accommodate primarily faculty, staff and visitors, said Bill Parker, ad hoc parking committee chairman

“It means that much of the present student parking there (central and east campus) would have to move,” Parker said. “However, the committee recognizes that, before that can take place, there has to be a place for students to go.”

Talk of potential expansion of lots O, off of Annie Glidden Road; W, North of Grant Towers; and P, west of Stevenson Towers, would accommodate student parking, Parker said.

Parker said freshman and sophomore parking privileges would remain if feasible. He said the committee unanimously supports the continuation of those privileges.

On-street parking by the stadium drives is being looked at to create additional spaces, Parker said. He said Lot S, north of Gable Hall, is under consideration for development of more spaces as well.

Preserving the environment while creating extra spaces is an important consideration so “the campus does not look like a parking lot,” he said.

Increasing the price of parking permits would help off-set the cost of expanding or developing new lots, Campus Parking Manager Lynn Fraser said. Construction will continue as needed, she said.

Parker said the project will be completed as rapidly as possible through September 1990.

If the proposal is approved by President John LaTourette and the Board of Regents, extra parking could be available for fall 1988, Fraser said. Permit prices would rise in conjuction with expansion plans, she said.

Contingency, with bond revenue funds, will pay for construction, which is estimated to be about $2.5 million, Parker said. Expanding and developing the lots will occur in phases, he said.

The first phase includes grading, drainage, lighting and gravel placement, Parker said. Permanent surfacing, stripping, landscaping and indentification of additional areas to be expanded/developed will comprise the later phases, he said.

This fall 10,113 permits were sold, while only 5,580 spaces exist, Parker said. The number of permits sold to the number of spaces available is 1.8-to-1, he said.

The new spaces would drop the ratio to 1.49-to-1, Parker said. “Parking professionals tend to recommend a ratio of 1.3-to-1 to 1.5-to-1.,” he said.