YSU’s M-2 deck may come down in early 2010

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University’s Lincoln Avenue parking deck could be coming down in early 2010.

The university’s Board of Trustees has approved funding the demolition of the 1,278-space garage, known as M-2, and its replacement with a 375-space surface parking lot as part of the $47 million the board is borrowing to finance various campus improvement projects.

The tentative timetable for the demolition shows April 2010 as the target date to begin the parking lot project, although that could change.

Read more in Tuesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com