Purdue: Remove vehicles from marked snow routes by 11 p.m. Tuesday

Deanna Watson, Lafayette Journal & Courier
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In anticipation of Wednesday's potential snowstorm, Purdue students, staff and faculty on the West Lafayette campus are urged to move their vehicles from streets signed as snow routes by 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service placed Greater Lafayette and surrounding central Indiana cities in a winter storm warning until 7 p.m. Wednesday, forecasting as much as 4 to 8 inches of snow accumulation.

Snow covers the grounds of Purdue University, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in West Lafayette.
Snow covers the grounds of Purdue University, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in West Lafayette.

This requirement to move cars, according to the university, includes fraternity, sorority and cooperative life residents parked on the snow routes.

Purdue snow routes:

  • David Ross Road

  • Hilltop Drive

  • MacArthur Drive between Third Street and Mitch Daniels Boulevard (State Street)

  • Martin Jischke Drive from Mitch Daniels Boulevard (State Street) to Harrison Street

  • Ross-Ade Drive

  • Russell Street between Tower Drive and Stadium Avenue

  • Third Street west of Martin Jischke Drive

  • Tower Drive

  • University Street between Tower Drive and Stadium Avenue

Motorists parked on the following city of West Lafayette snow routes must follow the city ordinance related to snow removal, Purdue reminded, but are encouraged to move their vehicles prior to the storm:

  • Airport Road

  • Cherry Lane

  • First, Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets between Russell and University streets

  • Grant Street

  • Harrison Street/Williams Street from Martin Jischke Drive to Grant Street

  • MacArthur Drive between Mitch Daniels Boulevard (State Street) and Nimitz Drive

  • Mitch Daniels Boulevard

  • Russell Street between Stadium Avenue and Harrison Street

  • Stadium Avenue west of Grant Street

  • State Street

  • Waldron Street

The following locations are available for temporary parking:

  • Grant Street Parking Garage (gates are open)

  • Harrison Street Parking Garage (gates are open)

  • McCutcheon Drive Parking Garage

  • Northwestern Avenue Parking Garage

  • Wood Street Parking Garage

  • Discovery Park lot (off Nimitz Drive and South Martin Jischke Drive)

  • The north end of the France A. Córdova Recreational Sports Center lot (near Stadium Avenue)

The University Street Parking Garage, according to Purdue, is not available for temporary parking.

If a vehicle is towed from one of the snow routes, contact the Purdue University Police dispatch center at 765-494-8221 to determine the location of the vehicle.

This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Purdue: Remove vehicles from marked snow routes by 11 p.m. Tuesday