Purdue police urge students to be aware of new WL snow emergency route city ordinance

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University police are reminding students to be aware of the new City of West Lafayette snow emergency route ordinance before they leave for winter recess.

The ordinance, approved Monday (Dec. 9) night, states that a snow emergency will be declared when there is an accumulation of two or more inches of snow or ice, and that the vehicle owner is responsible for moving it from the snow emergency route. Violators will be ticketed and towed to the vendor storage lot.

Emergency snow routes include Airport Road, Grant Street and Russell Street, which are often used by students who seek longer term street parking, as well as State Street.

“Two inches of snow is not a large amount for December in Indiana,” said Purdue Deputy Police Chief Keene Red Elk. “We don’t want a student to park their vehicle along an emergency snow route then leave for break only to come back to find their car ticketed and towed by the city of West Lafayette with a several-hundred-dollar storage bill waiting for them.”