The
University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse has a problem with standing water blocking the
pathways outside.
Puddles
are one thing, but these areas of standing water are more troublesome. During a
hall council meeting, one disgruntled student described the puddles as “lake
road blocks soaking their feet.” Large bodies of water are all over campus as
well as off campus by the curbs and in the middle of walkways. Sometimes there
are ways to get around the puddles but that requires students to try and go
single file through the shallow parts of the puddle.
Students also try walking
along the side in the grass but that has melted ice and is slippery. Some
students are even avoiding certain areas and taking different routes to class
so they don’t have to wade through the water.
The
problem doesn’t seem to be getting fixed. A city worker can push the water from
the puddles into a sewer, but there are more puddles showing up that are wider
and deeper. Near the student health center and in the middle of the pathway far
right of Drake Field are just some of the places these puddles won’t drain.
