With the exciting completion of the Teaching and Learning Complex (TLC) and the Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center opening soon, UC Davis Design and Construction Management will be hard at work this summer improving surrounding bike and pedestrian paths to ensure safe travels.

“Opening the Teaching and Learning Complex comes with increased traffic in the surrounding areas that we’re addressing by creating safer paths of travel through the Physical Sciences District Pathways Improvement Project,” said project manager Malia Curby.

Construction will occur at the junction between the Silo, Chemistry Building, and Bainer and Roessler Halls. Existing bike paths will be widened, new pedestrian sidewalks added, and a new bike circle will be constructed to improve safety. There will also be new bike and crosswalk striping.

Construction will take place during summer to minimize the impact on students. During construction, there will be bike and pedestrian detours utilizing adjacent paths, such as Bioletti Way and through the Silo. The detours will navigate around work zones for the pathways improvement project and the nearby Chemistry Addition and Engineering Student Design Center work zones. Find details and dates on the road closures page.

 “The Physical Sciences District is home to incredible collaborative learning and innovation, even more so with recent construction like the Teaching and Learning Complex, Engineering Student Design Center and Physical Sciences Engineering Library renovations. The pathways improvement project will make it easier for students to access these new and exciting places and the resources they offer,” Curby said.

In addition to new and renovated path infrastructure, the project also includes lighting enhancements and the addition of bio-retention planters / vegetative swales with multiple low-water plant landscapes to beautify the area.