The Wolfline will alter some of its routes while part of Main Campus Drive on Centennial Campus is closed to through traffic at the Research Drive intersection for a two-month period of construction. 

Route 3 Engineering, Route 10 Centennial, Route 11 Village Link and Centennial Night Service routes will no longer stop on Main Campus Drive near the Venture buildings during this construction period. 

These routes will detour on Capability Drive and Research Drive, before continuing their normal routes on the unaffected portion of Main Campus Drive.

In addition, the Route 8 Southeast Loop will make a detour by turning left from Main Campus Drive to Varsity Drive, where it will serve a Partners Way stop past the Engineering II Building. 

Construction began Monday and is scheduled to be completed in mid-April.

“We combined two Partners Way stops into one stop just past the Varsity Drive intersection in hopes of alleviating confusion,” said Kim Paylor, transit manager for NC State.  “The Route 8 Southeast Loop detour could only serve the new temporary stop, but the stops are in very close proximity.” 

NC State University Transportation is taking additional steps to alleviate and problems caused by the route alterations.

“Sometimes students just want to get on the first bus that comes by because they’re in a hurry,” Paylor said. “So we added another tripper bus onto the Route 3 service to accommodate potentially heavier loads.”

University Real Estate Operations is closing Main Campus Drive to install steam and chilled water lines as part of phase I of the Center for Technology and Innovation project, an upcoming building development on Centennial Campus. 

The Center for Technology and Innovation project is scheduled to be completed in summer 2016. The building will serve as a 104,998 feet laboratory and office building, and will be the future home of the Nonwovens Institute.

“Hope for excellent weather so this project can move forward quickly,” said Christine Klein, public communication specialist for NC State University Transportation.

Phase II will close Research Drive at the Main Campus Drive Intersection.

“This is part of a larger master plan to connect steam and chilled water to the textiles building and the Monteith Research Center,” said Brian Jones, project coordinator for University Real Estate Operations.

As of right now, these facilities are using electricity to heat their water, according to Jones. 

“These research buildings are not connected, and they have to make their own chilled water,” Jones said.