August 3, 2009

Update: Traffic, parking disruptions

Here are notes on some current and upcoming disruptions on the West Lafayette campus.

-- Marsteller Street between the Marsteller Street Parking Garage (PGM) and the Agricultural Administration Building (AGAD) will be reduced to one lane beginning today (Aug. 3) through this week. Crews will be installing a storm sewer for AGAD. Use caution in the area.

-- At Young Hall, access is temporarily limited due to the recladding project. Pedestrians may access the building via the underground passages from Purdue Memorial Union and area parking garages. For vehicles, temporary accessible parking is in the Wood Street Garage (across Grant Street) or in the lower-level parking garage west of Young Hall (entrance off Wood Street coming from Sheetz Street). Also, for this week, crews will be repairing the driveway at the north end of Young; they will work one half at a time to allow vehicles to use the driveway, but pedestrians will not have a place to cross. This overall project is expected to be complete by Sept. 4. More information can be found at www.purdue.edu/architect/about/construction/8660.htm.

-- The F-Lot north of Mackey Arena along Northwestern Avenue is being relocated to the area directly east of Mollenkopf Athletic Center, north of the existing lot, as part of the Mackey Arena Project. In addition, major deliveries to the construction site will begin soon; be alert and cautious in the area. People who park in the new F-Lot can access Mackey (MACK), the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility (IAF) including the Athletic Ticket Office, and Mollenkopf (MOLL) by using the sidewalk along the east side of Mollenkopf and then the new temporary sidewalk along IAF. The Mackey ramp will no longer be accessible to pedestrians. Fencing will be in place so that no one can enter mistakenly into any active construction zone. Map with pedestrian routes: www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/travel/pdf/Pedestrian_Access_from_New_F-lot.pdf.

-- Northbound Northwestern Avenue and westbound Cherry Lane will have traffic disruptions and lane closures from this week through late August. Beginning this week, the situation will involve lane restrictions at night. The City of West Lafayette will be performing work on the sanitary sewer and manholes. The disrupted area of northbound Northwestern will extend from Meridian Street to Cherry Lane. The disrupted area of westbound Cherry Lane will extend from Northwestern to the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Map: www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/travel/pdf/NW_Cherry_sewer.pdf.

-- Summer cleaning of parking garages has moved to its final area, the north half of the Northwestern Avenue Garage, and is to continue there through Aug. 11. Building Services will be cleaning the garage from 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. nightly.

Information is from Physical Facilities reports.