Georgia Perimeter College Decatur Campus faculty, staff and students will need to pay special attention to parking signs and directions the week of Aug. 10. A massive regrading and resurfacing project of all the lower parking lots will limit parking options on campus.

But the project should be completed before classes begin on Aug. 17, says Todd Cook, GPC interim director of planning and projects.

The areas currently under construction and closed are Lots 2 and 3 and the eastern and western drives, with entrances on Clifton Springs Road. Parking during this time is available in Lot 1 in front of the SF building and in Lot 5, near the GPC Botanical Gardens off of Panthersville Road.

The $800,000 project will replace an estimated seven acres of paving, says Cook.

“We anticipate that the first phase of the project will be completed before the first day of fall semester classes,” Cook says. “If this goal is achieved, there will be more than ample parking for students, faculty and staff. In the event that the first phase is not completed, a contingency plan has been devised and will be implemented to provide the additional spaces needed for parking.”

The project should also improve storm water drainage with the goal of no ponding water after a rain storm. In addition, the tennis courts, which are currently in a state of disrepair, will be replaced with grass, creating a new green space on campus.