re: LSU Campus Construction Update (Updated Article on Dalrymple Roundabout 8-5)

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Workers are putting the final touches on the construction of what experts call a roundabout, which is a circular intersection that slows but keeps traffic moving in one direction. It will replace stop signs and traffic signals.

This one is at the corner of Dalrymple and West Lakeshore, which any area motorist, especially when school is in session, knows is slow-moving at best and sometimes “Gridlock Central.”

“It just didn’t lend itself to traffic flow,” said Jeff Campbell, senior director of administrative services, risk management and parking and transportation services at LSU. “It is dangerous,” Campbell said.

Many of the nearly 30,000 students, faculty and support staff rely on Dalrymple to enter and leave the campus.

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