Choudawg's request wasn't to allow "old folks and kids" to use the Lambright, it was to provide alumni a perk that non-alumni don't have. The Lambright is replete with children and non-students, especially on the weekends. Some (not me) might argue it's overrun with birthday parties, especially the pool, rock wall, and bowling alley.
Someone at Tech made the decision to charge alumni and non-alumni the same rates, but it's not about ruining the student experience by allowing others to use the facility. If exclusivity were the motivation, non-students wouldn't be allowed to use it at all.
Am I reading that right that the City of Ruston was able to make up the difference between the low bid and the amount of available state & federal money so the job could be let? To the tune of a few million dollars?
If I've got that right, I'm really impressed with the City of Ruston!
City of Ruston kicking in $7 million of the $20 million project.
It really is an impressive project for our region. If some of you who arrive Ruston from the west have not seen it, please drive down I-20 to Choudrant and see the new construction. It will make you appreciate even more the amount that is being wasted on the new rest areas being built along our interstate system.
speaking of that new rest area, did it ever open?
Now that this is moving forward, I'll be asking Ronny about putting a red light at Tarbutton and Alabama. That is one of the most dangerous intersections around.