University Scales Back Campus Housing Project
Bowing to community pressure, UC Davis officials are scaling back plans for a new campus housing development.
After critics said the original project was too large, university officials released a new blueprint on Friday for a compact, bike-friendly neighborhood for students, faculty and staff members.
Officials said the new plan calls for construction of a 200-acre project on campus agricultural research land that would house 3,700 people. An earlier draft of the proposal would have housed nearly 7,000 faculty and students.
University officials have proposed the development as a way to handle the surge of new students, faculty and staff expected in the next decade. They hope to present a final development proposal to the UC Board of Regents in November 2003.
Housing is already a severe problem in Davis, where the rental vacancy rate hovers around 1%.
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