Parking Aplenty at VacaValley Campus

May 12, 2016
 

What was a grassy field on the northeast corner of the NorthBay VacaValley Hospital campus along Ulatis Drive is now a parking lot with 89 spaces available for those coming to the NorthBay Surgery Center, or the hospital.

When all construction on the NorthBay VacaValley campus is complete later this year, and the construction trailers and workers have left, there will be a grand total of 566 parking spaces spread about the campus, for patients, visitors, employees and HealthSpring Fitness Center members to use.

But, between now and then, expect the parking situation to still be somewhat fluid, noted Ray Green, project manager.

What’s changed recently? Nothing has changed at all in the parking lot at the front of the hospital, Ray said, but in the hospital’s employee lot, bordered by Nut Tree Road and Ulatis Drive, a few changes are planned. There will be slightly fewer parking slots and a configuration when the foundation for the future MRI building is laid along the Nut Tree Road side of the lot. The MRI building is currently being assembled at a facility in Tennessee, Ray explained, and will be delivered in two parts to the NorthBay VacaValley campus on or around June 20.

Plans call for workers to assemble the modular building and construct a covered walkway in July. The MRI should be open for business in August.

A small parking area between the surgery center and the Wellness Center — where construction trailers and highly underutilized handicapped parking are currently — will be reconfigured to add about 16 spaces once the trailers are gone.

On the opposite side of the campus, 37 spaces have been added near Nut Tree Road, between the HealthSpring Fitness Center and VacaValley Health Plaza.

And, on land farthest from Ulatis Drive and Nut Tree Road, and nearest the residential homes, a brand-new parking lot, designed to serve the Wellness Center, will have 334 spaces.

Ray advised all drivers and pedestrians to continue to be alert while negotiating their way around our campus.

 

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