Traffic cones and ice cream cones will both be staples on campus this summer, leaving students stuck in lines both for treats and classes.

Students traveling on campus will encounter detours and road closed signs on Farm Lane, Service Road and Brody Road.

Dennis Hansen, construction superintendent at the MSU Campus Park and Planning division, said the construction is part of the university's maintenance program to improve the road conditions on campus. Construction crews will be completely resurfacing the campus roads.

Hansen said although Shaw Lane is closed to traffic, no construction is planned. Construction crews will be using Shaw Lane as an access road to construction sites and nearby parking lots to store equipment.

Farm Lane construction is scheduled to be completed by July 8, but Service Road won't be finished until Aug. 15. Hansen said Service Road posed more of a challenge for construction crews because of the length of the segment being repaved and because they were required to keep entrances to other buildings open for student and faculty access.

Parts of Service Road are being repaved, but the road is still open to traffic up to the Clinical Center parking lot. The road is closed between the Clinical Center and Hagadorn Road.

Brody Road, which runs around the Brody Complex, also is being worked on as part of the construction project. The entrance in front of Emmons Hall is closed to westbound traffic.

"Brody Road was built in the 1960s and had a 30-year life expectancy," Hansen said. "It's gone untouched for 40 years and is in dire need of new asphalt."

In addition to the asphalt, Hansen said construction crews will upgrade handicapped parking and accessibility ramps to meet current building standards and replace the aging bike racks with more modern steel loops.

Construction on Brody Road has been ongoing for the last five years. Hansen said the office only has 16 weeks to complete construction and summer programs on campus make work more difficult.

"We can't stop the students from coming back in the fall, so we have to make sure we finish on time," he said.

The road closures are already causing trouble for motorists, forcing many students to leave extra time to get to and around campus.

Nneka Nnolim, a journalism graduate student, said she has to leave early for work from the International Center because of the construction.

Queenie Mo, an accounting junior, who also works at International Center, said she has to leave earlier to get to her job.

Despite the detour and delay the construction has caused, Nnolim said it will be worth the hassle once it is completed.

"I don't park on campus anymore because of the construction, but it doesn't bother me as long as the roads look good once finished," she said.