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SALT talks start soon in Geneva ' United Press Internationa) WASHINGTON— The United States and the Soviet Union will re sume the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in Geneva next week, a State Department spokesman announced Tuesday. “It has been agreed that Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign Minster Andrei Gromyko will meet in Geneva Dec. 21-22 to continue discussions on SALT, said spokesman Hodding Carter. “It is felt that this meeting can be productive, the spokesman said, but he declined to say what the two sides hoped to accomplish from this meeting. Earlier, President Carter told a press conference, “We have made good progress on SALT, but I can t say that we have reached agreement. If the Soviets are adequately forth coming, we will have an agreement without delay. If they are not forth coming, then we will continue to negotiate. The president also confirmed that an agreement on a SALT-II accord will be followed by a summit meet ing between the United States and the Soviet Union. “At that summit meeting we will not only discuss concluding the SALT agreement officially, but we will also have a broad agenda of other items that are of mutual interest to us and the Soviet Union,” Carter said. 'DISCOUNT TROPHY^ AND ENGRAVING THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978 r^f French's Schools NIGHT CARE French's Care-a-Lot Every Thurs., Fri. and Sat. 900 UNIVERSITY (Behind Beef & Brew) RESERVATIONS 693-1987 or 693-9900 he intersection of Wellborn Hoad and Old lain Drive poses problems for both pedest- tiansand vehicles. As a major entrance to the dlborn Road elevated? Battalion photo by Ed Cunnins west campus. University officials have consid ered the possibility of relocating the railroad tracks or elevating Wellborn Road. ampus traffic flow studied SHIRTS Woodstone Center 907 Harvey Rd. 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Ihese two proposals are stated as |s in Texas A&M University’s year master plan. he University officials who serve mbers of the Steering Com mi t- of the Master Plan said these is are needed to promote safety prevent a divided campus. he Master Plan was released in and approved in principle by the rdofRegents. The plan serves as ideline for the Texas A&M Uni- hity System’s growth over a five- niTersif y officials said Uborn Road presented the pt problem by dividing the ipus and threatening safety. period. It provides a timetable cost estimates for construction renovation of facilities, lepreface of the plan states that Ines as a guideline and is not a I plan. (le teering Uommittee, '-which chosen by President Jarvis E. er, is made up of five University Ms: Howard L. Vestal, vice iident for business affairs; Dr. rles E. McCandless, director of lemic planning and services; Dr. Prescott, vice president for lemic affairs; Dr. T.R. athouse, associate dean for ad- istrative affairs, College of Ag- Iture; and Heston Cherry, assis- director, Engineering Experi- it Station. IcCandless said Wellborn Road iented the biggest problem by- ding the campus and threatening ty. He said cars use the road con- lously, whereas trains pass lugh only several times daily, art of the problem is people do use the elevated crosswalk, he said. Because of this, construction of another crosswalk at Old Main Drive would not help, he said. Vestal said, “We want a one- campus university. He said the Steering Committee believed eleva tion of the road was the best way to accomplish this. D.D. Williamson, district engi neer for the Texas Highway De partment in Bryan, has made some preliminary drawings of an elevation plan. The road would be built on pedestals allowing traffic and pedest rians to pass under it. Williamson said projections show Wellborn Road eventually must handle 40,000 cars a day. He said the highway department thinks access to Wellborn Road at University Drive is dangerous and needs improve ment. “I feel that elevation of Wellborn Road is the best way to improve traf fic flow,” Williamson said. “The ideal situation would be to have the railroad moved. That way there would he room for a diamond interchange at Wellborn and Uni versity, he said. He said if the railroad tracks were not moved, then a partial cloverleaf could be built at the intersection. Williamson said there were twq alternatives to elevating -Wellborn* Road. One would be to raise the road grade enough to create an underpass with a low clearance for pedestrians and smaller vehicles. He said another method would be to lower Wellborn Road and the rail road tracks so traffic could pass over the road. This presented a problem since it would cost approximately the same as the elevation. Williamson said if Wellborn Road were elevated, the state would retain an easement to the area under Wellborn Road, but the University would be allowed to develop it as it wanted. McCandless said the space could be used for parking, landscaping or both. Although the cost of elevating the road would be considerable, Williamson declined to give any kind of estimate on the cost, saying price escalation made it too difficult to guess. McCandless said if President Mil ler and the Board of Regents decided to go ahead with the idea, they would probably have to request a special appropriation from the state legisla ture to finance the project. To some extent, whatever is done with Wellborn Road is tied to the railroad tracks. The Metropolitan Planning Au thority has funded a $90,000 study to determine what could be done with the railroad, Williamson said. The MPA is made up of the cities of Bryan and College Station, Brazos County and Texas A&M University. McCandless said any relocation of the railroad tracks would require state and/or federal funding. Vestal said the least expensive re location would cost about $10 mil lion. This route would start just south of College Station and run parallel to the West Bypass (FM 2818) and back into the existing route in Bryan. This route would be the easiest to carry out since the University owns “/ feel that elevation of Wellborn Road is the best way to improve traffic flow,'’ said D.D. Williamson, a state highway de partment official. most of the land and obtaining an easement for the track would be no problem, Vestal said. He said a second alternative would be to extend that route around Bryan. This would cost $16-18 mil lion, Vestal said. Another alternative would be to route the tracks to the west of Eas- terwood Airport, he said. As with Wellborn Road, the de termining factor over what is done will probably be financing. 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