Traffic Alert: UMass Move-in Begins August 26
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UMass students will be moving in between the dates of August 26 and September 2, with the highest volume move-in dates being August 28-30. Expect heavy traffic and delays around campus as well as the Amherst/Hadley area during the move-in period
Please practice pedestrian safety as you travel around campus and use pedestrian walkways and crosswalks when available. Please note starting August 28 traffic will be impacted in the following areas.
West Check In at Stadium
- Families are directed to use the UMass exit on Route 116 to enter Stadium Drive. Please avoid using this campus entrance, it will be heavily congested and there will be delays.
- Families exiting the Southwest residential area will come through Lot 71 on the west side of Whitmore.
- Fearing Street will be one way traveling eastbound from University Drive.
- University Drive will be closed in both directions starting at Amity Street to Massachusetts Avenue. This section will be available for move-in traffic ONLY.
East Check In at Lot 44
- Eastman Lane will be closed to through traffic.
- Families are directed to enter the East Check In location using North Residential Drive between Furcolo Building and Lot 43. Expect heavy traffic and possible delays if you enter campus using N. Pleasant Street.
Be advised that students and families will be using nearby parking lots while unpacking during this time period. Permit holders of closed parking lots will be emailed by Parking Services with details.
Move-In Traffic Maps
Traffic/Parking Lot Impacts on EAST side
Traffic/Parking Lot Impacts on WEST side
Closed Parking Lots
Permit holders will be contacted by Parking Services.
Impacted Parking Lots
Lots 27, 43A, 64D, 66, 71
Contact
For questions related to Fall Move-In, contact
Residential Services
Phone: 413-577-7777
Email: residentialservices@umass.edu
Open Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For questions related to your on campus housing assignment, contact
Residential Life Assignment Office
Phone: 413-545-2100
Email: living@umass.du
Open Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Traffic will also be a big mess because of a big road project just east of Cumberland Farms on Belchertown Rd/Rt 9. This project has resulted in over a week of heavy traffic, including many big trucks, being detoured down Stanley St., which is very narrow and usually has a lot of foot and bike traffic. Instead, cars and heavy trucks race down our street at high speed, putting pedestrians, our farmers, and bikers at high risk. And there has been no police presence on our street to ticket these speeders! Will traffic still be detoured down Stanley St as students start arriving — since it is clear the road project is not anywhere near being completed? (probably, I suspect, but very upsetting as our street will thus remain unsafe for an entire neighborhood without police slowing down the traffic.) Or will the project be delayed til next summer? (unlikely, right!)
It’s very upsetting the town gave no advance warning to residents of Stanley St and the Misty Meadows neighborhood before detouring literally hundreds of cars down our our street for more than a week now.
Traffic flow is best met — and safest for all — by having the traffic stay on on Rt 9/Belchertown Rd., not detoured down a little side street for days on end. The detour should end right away, especially with the added traffic of schools/universities starting up soon.