PITTSBURGH, PA - The University of Pittsburgh and city of Pittsburgh are planning a makeover of a block-long section of Bigelow Boulevard on the Pitt campus and it won't be inexpensive. The $23.7 million project will keep Bigelow between Forbes and Fifth avenues closed from November 1 until August 2020.

Plans call for the vehicular lanes to be reconfigured and the addition of improved bike lanes and a safer central crossing between the William Pitt Union and Cathedral of Learning. The project also will upgrade the university's utilities in the construction area.

Mavis Rainey, executive director of the Oakland Transportation Management Association, lauded the impending work on the street.

