April 12, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Campus Traffic to Be Rerouted April 16 for Admitted Student Preview Day
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- On Friday, April 16, 2004, Cal Poly will host Admitted Students Preview Day, the beginning of the Open House weekend. Thousands of newly-admitted high school seniors and their parents are expected to arrive on campus for the day-long orientation program.
The University Police Department is expecting traffic delays and limited parking on campus as has occurred in the past.
In an effort to provide a safer environment for our campus visitors, traffic flow during this time will be modified as follows:
• Incoming traffic on Grand Ave. will be closed past the parking
structure entrance from 6:30 a.m.
until 2:00 p.m. to all student and visitor traffic. Only cars displaying
proper identification (i.e. Staff, Sponsored Guest, Vendor, orResident
parking permits) will be permitted to access the inner campus lots via
Perimeter Road.
• Lots H-10, H-11, and H-4 (next to the Agricultural Engineering
Building) will be closed from Thursday at 5:00 p.m. until Sunday at 5
p.m.
• Additional parking on California Blvd. will be available by continuing
through Poly Grove to the dirt lot adjacent to the Advanced Technologies
Lab (ATL).
• Additional Disabled Parking will be available in the H-2 lot on
Friday and Saturday.
At 5 p.m. Friday, April 16, campus police will close N. Perimeter Rd. at Via Carta Rd. and traffic will not be permitted on N. Perimeter near the Library and on California Blvd. at Poly Grove to allow for Open House set-up.
On Saturday, April 17, the university will close Grand Ave. at the parking structure entrance and Perimeter Rd. to all traffic, with the exception of those staff members having to report to work, state vehicles, and emergency vehicles. California Blvd (C-4 Lot) will be closed at Poly Grove and there will be no access to N. Perimeter. These closures will be in effect from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.Saturday.
Bus Schedules/Routes: SLO Transit will operate its normal schedule on both Friday and Saturday. Regional Transit (CCAT) will operate its normal schedule on Friday. However, on Saturday, CCAT buses that normally enter and exit via Highland Dr. will use the California Blvd. entrance. Pick-up and drop off points will be at Mott Gym. Due to the Saturday morning Open House parade, SLO Transit will not operate on Grand Avenue and S. Perimeter between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
The University Police Department suggests that staff and students use alternate means of transportation Friday and Saturday, such as carpooling, vanpooling, bus, walking, or biking to campus. For more information regarding campus access and parking during Open House, please call University Police at 756-6675.
For details on Open House, call the Open House information hotline at 756-2764 for recorded information or call 756-7576 to speak with an Open House representative.
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