The parking lot E, which is located behind the Science Center and Planetarium opened on Monday, Sep. 28, though further construction is still ongoing for the next couple of weeks.

“All of the paving work in the parking area is going to be done by the first Monday of October, and the construction will completely finish by the end of October,” said Donna Jones-Dulin, associate vice president of College Operations.

“Because construction workers came across the unforeseen conditions while they were dealing with [construction],” Dulin said. “That delayed the completion of the construction.”

Dulin said the construction was supposed to have been completed by the first day of the fall quarter.

Aware that the construction would cause heavy traffic in the first week of the quarter, Dulin- Jones hired the All About Parking valet company to place parking attendants in each lot to ease traffic. Although these measures did not actually help significantly enough, she found the attempt worthwhile.

“As I am working here, I think we are definitely improving the flow of the traffic,” said Jesus Garcia, 20, a hired valet employee from the parking event company.

The changes in Parking Lot E were necessary not only because it was the most poorly-lit of the lots, but also its irregular layout that could possibly cause car accidents, Dulin-Jones also said.

Although the brief details about the construction are showed on the De Anza’s website, some students complained about the lack of communication between students and faculties.

“I still see a lot of trucks there. Did they even start the construction? Are they just repaving it?” asked Fawaz Al-Harbi, 19, psychology major.

The construction of the parking lot, which started in June, will improve overall safety in entering and exiting the lot with the cost of several thousand dollars. Also, new lighting and a pedestrian walkway will be built, according to the De Anza website