Construction in North Campus began May 11, causing the closure of West Circle Drive from Auditorium Road to the Main Library entrance, along with Beal Street to Hannah Administration Drive closing to the public.

For the duration of the project, parking lots 6 — the MSU Museum lot — and 11 — the lot behind the Main Library shared with the Hannah Administration building and Olds Hall — will remain closed.

“It’s an overall underground utility refurbishment project,” Infrastructure Planning and Facilities project representative Andy Linebaugh said. “Our steam tunnels that we have over on North Campus are up to 100 years old and are long due for an overhaul. When you go down that deep to get to the steam tunnels you have to replace all the other utilities that may be disturbed, and that includes the sanitary sewer, water main and the electrical duct bank.”

According to IPF’s website, the project also will update telecommunication and electrical lines. Safety improvements for vehicular and pedestrian travel along West Circle Drive will be implemented and parking lots 6 and 11 will be brought up to current parking and pedestrian safety standards.

On July 12, traffic will resume on West Circle Drive. Only one lane will be open for traffic between the Main Library entrance and Auditorium Road. Lots 6 and 11, excluding the portion of lot 11 in front of Olds Hall, will reopen on July 12. All roads, parking lot and sidewalks will completely reopen Aug. 15.

The city of East Lansing also started summer construction. Bogue Street from Shaw Lane to Grand River Avenue is closed as part of a project that began on May 11. According to the city’s website, it will remain closed until completion on June 12.

Carl Fedders, the East Lansing assistant engineering administrator in charge of the Bogue Street project, said the pavement on Bogue Street will be removed and replaced. Workers will also remove and replace damaged and hazardous portions of the sidewalk and the curb that surround Bogue Street.

Pavement on Abbot Road between Burcham Drive and Saginaw Street is scheduled to be removed and replaced between June 16 and Aug. 14. The replacement will be similar to the Bogue Street project and is funded by the city, according to Fedders.

From early June to mid-August, the city is planning an asphalt paving of Virgina Avenue between Burcham Drive and Snyder Road.