NCAA Final Four Impact on Parking, Bus Service
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 2, 2015) — The weekend ahead is an exciting one for Big Blue Nation with the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team playing in the NCAA Final Four national semi-final game. Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) would like to alert the campus community to parking and bus service changes in place for this weekend, April 3-5, stemming from the anticipated crowds on and near campus.
During the upcoming weekend the Lexington Division of Police will be partially or completely restricting on-street parking in the following areas: Conn Terrace, Crescent Avenue, East Maxwell Street, Elizabeth Street, Jersey Street, Journal Avenue, Pine Street, Scott Street, South Limestone, State Street, Transcript Avenue, University Avenue and Westwood Drive.
Parking in these areas will be restricted beginning Friday, April 3 at 6 p.m. until noon Sunday, April 5. Any vehicles in violation of posted “No Parking” notices will be towed by Lexington Police at the owner’s expense. Police will begin posting these notices Thursday, April 2.
PTS is giving off-campus residents impacted by these restrictions an option to relocate their vehicles in the Commonwealth Stadium Blue and Red Lots during the restricted time period. The Commonwelath Stadium Blue and Red lots will not be controlled for permits from 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, until 5 a.m. Monday, April 6.
No CATS bus service will be impacted on Saturday. However, the Lextran trolley will be detoured and will not service the campus area. Routes 3 (Tates Creek), 5 (Nicholasville Road), and 12 (Leestown Road) will all have detours in effect due to street closures. Details regarding these detours can be found at www.lextran.com.
MEDIA CONTACT: Rebecca Stratton and Blair Hoover, (859) 323-2395; rebecca.stratton@uky.edu