After the long hall and continuous work of construction workers during the spring and summer semesters, the New Falcon Way entrance is up and rolling.

Cerritos College has a new entrance into the college from Studebaker Road. The new street will replace the old Falcon Way.

The street will take students between the Cerritos College Campus Police Department and the Community Education building. There is a speed limit of 20 mph on the New Falcon Way and it’s posted several times on both sides of the road.

During the first week of school, some students were a bit confused about how to get into the school from the Studebaker Road entrance that students recognized as Falcon Way.

“It’s a little bit more out of the way, but I think it’s a good thing,” 20-year-old photojournalism major Anye Laveaga said.

Big blue signs posted out in the left hand turn lanes say that Falcon Way is closed. It caused traffic to back up on Studebaker Road.

There were students who tried to turn into the old Falcon Way entrance in attempt to park in C-10, but later realized that the entrance was blocked due to construction on the old Falcon Way. Students had to make a U-turn and use a different entrance.

There is a mixed reaction to how students feel about the new entrance. “Its nice. I like it and it’s wide. I think no one will be running out in the middle of the street. I think it has made it safer for people that walk in between the streets on campus,” Laveaga said.

The New Falcon Way is also there to help with traffic during the peak hours, so students will have an easier time getting into the college. The new entrance is located off of Studebaker Road. It is approximately 1 block down from the old entrance.

The old Falcon Way can still be used to get parking near the cosmetology and health building.

The construction of the new entrance started in late January with the first part of the process starting in between the Cerritos College Police Department and the Community Education building.

With the completion of the new Chancellor’s Village (otherwise known as the Senior Center) being finished, the New Falcon Way is an entrance into that facility as well as an entrance into Community Education building.

The old Falcon Way will become a walkway complete with fountains. The new walkway will tie the campus together and make the walk easier from the South end of the college.

The new street also has some landscape that makes the new street refreshing to enter when going into the campus.

The new street cost $75,000 to construct for the college entrance. “The New Falcon Way didn’t cost Cerritos College any money. The City of Cerritos is paying for it,” Director of Physical Plant Michael Sebak said.