Campus parking lot and road closures Aug. 24–28

This year’s Maine Hello is Friday, Aug. 28 — the day that all new students are invited to move into their residence halls. Most of the 2,000 students are assigned to the six first-year residence halls in the Hilltop area of campus, requiring some parking lot and road closures in the vicinity. Signs noting all parking lot closures will be placed in the parking lots on Aug. 21.

The following parking lots will be closed effective Monday, Aug. 24:

  • Hilltop Parking Lot, from the Emera Astronomy Center to the New Balance Student Recreation Center
  • Knox Hall Parking Lot
  • Stewart Quad Area Parking Lots

The following parking lots will be closed effective Thursday, Aug. 27 to set up the necessary traffic patterns for Maine Hello:

  • New Balance Student Recreation Center Parking Lot
  • Somerset Parking Lot
  • Jenness North and South Parking Lots
  • Gannett/Cutler Parking Lot

The following parking areas will be closed or will have limited access on Friday, Aug. 28:

  • Stewart Commons Parking Lot off of Hilltop Road
  • Collins Center for the Arts Parking Lot
  • Belgrade Parking Lot

Traffic pattern changes from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 28:

  • Long Road will be closed between Androscoggin and Knox Halls
  • Flagstaff Road will be restricted to one-way traffic southbound between Long Road and Beddington Road
  • Belgrade Road will be restricted to one-way traffic westbound from Rangeley Road to Belgrade Spur
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All parking lots except Somerset Parking Lot are expected to re-open by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28. The Somerset Lot will re-open Monday, August 31.

More about the event is online.