Purdue relaxes parking rules as snow continues; urges use of parking garages

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As heavy snow continues to fall in the area, Purdue University Parking Facilities is relaxing enforcement in most campus parking garages and surface lots to encourage students and staff to move parked vehicles off nearby streets.

The relaxed enforcement is already underway and will expire at 7 a.m. Friday (Feb. 26), said Holly Alexander, manager of Purdue Parking Facilities.

"We encourage staff and students to move their vehicles to these garages and lots to make street clearing quicker and safer for road crews," Alexander said.

The university is currently running under a normal operating schedule, and any status changes would be announced to the university community via the Purdue Alert system, said Carol Shelby, senior director of environmental health and public safety.

Shelby said that if adverse weather necessitates any change in operational status for the West Lafayette campus, special procedures pertaining to classes, operations, parking, pay and/or attendance become effective. Those procedures are outlined in this memo.

Available campus parking garages are the Wood Street Garage, Marsteller Street Garage, Northwestern Avenue Garage, University Street Garage, McCutcheon Garage and Harrison Street Garage. The Grant Street Garage will maintain normal operations. Students in Purdue residence halls are encouraged to use the McCutcheon Garage or University Street Garage. 

Sources: Holly Alexander, 765-494-9315, haalexander@purdue.edu

Carol Shelby, 765-494-7504, cshelby@purdue.edu