November 6, 2019
Construction will close Calhoun Drive from Fort Hill Street to Gantt Circle for as long as two weeks beginning Monday, Nov. 11.
Crews will be working on pedestrian safety and other improvements on the street. Vehicles will not be able to travel on that section of the road and 13 street parking spots will not be available during the project.
Construction is projected to end Nov. 22, but weather could delay it.
Stay abreast of construction closings with Facilities’ online interactive map.
May 30, 2016
By Jackie Todd, Office of Media Relations
The availability of parking remains steady, even in the wake of many construction projects of Clemson’s main campus, according to Dan Hofmann, Clemson’s director of Parking and Transportation Services.
Hofmann said that although the construction has displaced parking spots near some of the construction sites, Parking and Transportation Services has relocated spots to nearby areas on campus to offset the loss.
“We’re working for a ‘one-lost to one-gained ratio or a net-zero impact,” he explained.
The director of Parking and Transportation Services is also exploring ways to add new spaces and repurpose existing spaces for employee use in existing parking lots. To mitigate the loss of 30 employee parking spots in the Hendrix area during the ongoing Sheep Barn construction, a number of metered spaces on Energy Drive (near Calhoun Courts) will be converted to employee spaces. Outside Byrnes Hall, some unused carpool-designated spaces will transition to employee spaces. Other faculty and staff parking options include the old gravel lot (E-21), the gravel parking area behind Calhoun Courts, and commuter parking in the C-1 lot.
“While it is posted on the parking permit guidelines, a lot of faculty and staff may not realize that they can park in commuter student spaces with their employee permit,” said Hofmann.
Other areas where faculty and staff will see more parking is the lot near the Strom Thurmond Institute, where an additional 25 employees will be available. An additional eight spaces in the parking area outside Newman Hall and an additional six employee spots have already been added in the Lee Hall parking lot.
The East Library parking lot will see improvements this summer with the repaving of the entire lot, installation of energy-saving LED lighting and an electric charging station. The lot will also gain three additional employee spaces.
Hofmann said that at the end of the summer, the campus will offer 40 additional employee spaces and new parking opportunities are in the works. The new Snow Family Outdoor Recreation Center, once complete, will include a 350-space parking lot. The new football operations center is anticipated to include a 200-space parking lot.
Finally, those who travel on Highway 76 can see the ongoing construction of a 650-space lot. “This lot is being built to help support the Douthit Hills project,” said Hofmann. “However, over the next couple of years, it will be used for various purposes including overflow parking for resident students and as a park and ride option for employees and students.”
For up-to-date information and announcements about Parking and Transportation on campus, visit the Parking and Transportation Services webpage. http://www.clemson.edu/campus-life/parking/
May 17, 2016
By Jackie Todd, Office of Media Relations
Construction continues on Clemson’s main campus during the summer months. More than 70 small and large projects are ongoing, all contributing to modernized campus classrooms, housing, workspace and infrastructure.
While it’s prudent for faculty, staff, students and university visitors to be aware of construction zones, detours and outages, the good news is that the disruptions are anticipated to have less impact than in past years.
Breaking it down
In the northwest campus, workers are enhancing infrastructure for the new Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Center. Thanks to a $2.4 million gift, officials say that the center will provide an active learning environment for experiential education; environmental awareness programs; recreational skills; and life skills in leadership, community development and employment.
As part of the infrastructure enhancement, workers will add a sanitary sewer line, which may result in periodic lane closures on Highway 93 from the Y Beach area to Perimeter Road.
With new facilities comes new parking. Toward that end, construction on a parking lot near the Snow Center will begin this summer. The lot will be completed in phases and will eventually offer more than 350 spaces.
Other projects in the main campus’s northwest quadrant include scheduled maintenance on the West Campus Energy Plant next to Fike Recreation Center and upgrades to a stormwater system on Ravenel Road.
Renovations to Littlejohn Coliseum are ongoing and will result in periodic closures to the nearby Avenue of Champions.
Northeast campus
Scheduled to be completed for the fall semester, the Core Campus project is ongoing and will result in road closures in July.
Limited access to Fort Hill Street in July
Fort Hill Street, which is next to the Core Campus site, will become a single-lane street from July 4 until July 22. Construction workers will be on site to direct traffic during that time. The road will close entirely from July 25 through July 29 so that workers can lay the final asphalt coating. Signs will be posted in and around the impacted areas.
Other roads around Core Campus will also close periodically. Union Drive, Alpha Beta Drive and Klugh Street will close from June 27 through July 22 as workers complete roadway construction. During this time, only emergency and special-permit vehicles will have access to this area. Signage will be in place to direct all other traffic.
Southeast campus
The southeast quadrant of campus will see upgrades in various buildings. Java City in the Cooper Library will undergo renovations. The fourth floor of the Watt Family Innovation Center will be completed. Jordan Hall, Lee Hall and Lee III will see small-scale improvements.
As part of what officials call the Central Campus Paving Project, some streets in the area will close periodically so workers can repave the roadway and sidewalks.
Affected streets include:
Sheep Barn renovations will relocate parking spaces
The renovation of the Sheep Barn has begun. Thanks to a $1 million gift, the Sheep Barn will be transformed into the Barnes Student Activity Center, where officials tout this space as a place that will provide opportunities for student employment, leadership, graduate assistantships and internships and experiential learning. While construction on this site is ongoing, 30 employee parking spaces will be relocated to nearby areas.
Southwest campus
As a new football operations facility is being constructed in the southwest quadrant of campus, those who frequent the area can expect minimal delays. The good news is that this building, anticipated to be completed in 2017, will come with a parking lot that will offer approximately 200 spaces for use by employees and students.
Periodic scheduled electrical outages
Officials advised that some buildings may experience electrical outages to accommodate system upgrades. While outages will take place mostly at night or on weekends, some outages will occur during the workday. Detailed information about these outages will be shared with building security coordinators well in advance of the disruption.
Construction project managers have created a PowerPoint presentation with detailed information about campus projects. Access the PowerPoint here.
November 3, 2015
Florida State University vs. Clemson, Nov. 7 at 3:30 p.m.
If you plan to attend the game, or will be on campus this weekend, here is some helpful parking and game day information.
Bookmark the links for easy access today and throughout the season.
Game day information: Click here for information from Clemson Athletics about Memorial Stadium information, parking and tailgating policies.
Clemson also has a GPS map through the my.Clemson site that can show you the nearest portable or permanent restroom to your location! Click here, add “gameday restrooms” as a layer on the top right menu. Then click on the nearest restroom and directions will pull open to show you how to get there!
Tiger Band Kidz Klub
Tiger kids will once again have the chance to get an up-close look at the talents and instruments of Tiger Band.
Tiger Band Kidz Klub is open to all children aged 1 to 13 and their parents. Meetings are held the Friday before each home football game at 5 pm on the band practice field. This season, meetings will be held on Friday, Sept. 11; Fridays, Oct. 2, 9, and 16; and Fridays, Nov. 6 and 20. The Kidz Klub provides an in-depth look at the instruments Tiger Band musicians play and participation in band activities. Kids can even help the band practice the “most exciting 25 seconds in college football” by playing the role of the Clemson football players.
The band practice field is located at Perimeter and Cherry roads next to the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts parking lot. Please be aware that the Tiger Band Kidz Club cannot be responsible for unsupervised children.
90 minutes before kickoff
Tiger Band will hold its “90 Minutes Before Kickoff” concerts this football season on home football Saturdays. The concert, which is also a pep rally, will take place at the outdoor amphitheater near the reflection pond at the center of campus.
One and a half hours before kickoff, Tiger Band will perform classics from their repertoire, such as “Tiger Rag” and “Eye of the Tiger,” as well as contemporary songs and half-time show highlights before making its traditional march down Fort Hill Street to Memorial Stadium.
The concerts will begin one and a half hours before kickoff on Sept. 5, 12, Oct. 3, 10, and 17, and Nov. 7 and 21. Check local listings for kickoff times.
Parking information: If you have a car parked on campus or plan to drive a car on campus this weekend, keep the following points in mind:
-Reserved lots will be cleared 12 hours before kickoff.
-Parking regulations for home football games supersede all other regulations and will be enforced 12 hours before the start of each game.
-Parking lots open at 8 a.m.
-The S.C. Highway Patrol controls entrance into IPTAY parking areas on game days-only vehicles with a valid IPTAY parking permit will be allowed to enter, drive through or park in IPTAY parking areas.
Click here for game day parking information, including parking restrictions, student-, fan-, employee- and reserved-parking and transit service. For the latest information about Clemson Area Transit (CAT) bus deviations, maps and other information, visit CAT’s Facebook page.
New parking areas reserved for IPTAY spaces: With the success of Clemson’s football team, increased season ticket sales, and ongoing construction, additional parking spaces have been reserved across campus for IPTAY donors.
– Additional aisle in E-6 parking lot (Sikes/Long parking lot)
– All green spaces on Cherry Rd.
– The gravel lot in the Pecan Grove near Calhoun Courts
– E-13 parking lot (Sheep Barn parking lot)
– All green, orange, and metered spaces on Sherman Street and Daniel Drive near Clemson House. There is no general parking in this area this season.
– Aisles 1 – 3 of C-1 parking lot (The Pit)
All faculty, staff, student, and service vehicles must be relocated out of these spaces. If you have a service or departmental vehicle parked in one of these areas, please relocate it off campus. Parking and Transportation Services has limited space at the remote impound lot on Hugo Drive. For directions, please call Marvin Dixon at 864-722-3625. If any vehicles are left in one of these areas, it will be towed.
Employee parking on game day: Due to the reallocation of IPTAY spaces within the Sikes/Long parking lot to increase safety with ADA shuttle route diversion, employee parking has been reduced within the lot. A limited number of employee spaces remain in the aisle adjacent to Long Hall only. These spaces are reserved for those faculty and staff which must work on game days and is not meant as an alternative tailgating area. If this area is full, working employees are encouraged to park in green spaces along McMillan Rd and within the E-15 parking lot on the east side of Cooper Library.
C-1 parking lot now a $20 paid general admission lot: C-1 parking lot, accessible from Perimeter Rd., has been converted to a general admission football parking paid lot. Aisles 1 – 3 of the lot are reserved for IPTAY parking only with Aisles 4 – 12 available for general admission paid parking. All Non-IPTAY vehicles entering the lot will be charged $20 for parking in the lot.
Cash, Credit or Debit Cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express), and pre-paid permits are accepted. Pre-payment guarantees your space on game day! Click here for complete information and to purchase a permit.
Lot 2A – Temporary Commuter Parking – Closed Friday: To prepare for game day, lot 2A, (across from Fike Recreation Center) which has been designated for temporary commuter parking, is closed today. The lot will reopen for general use when game day parking items have been cleared. People should park in the white spaces in P-3 parking lot behind the stadium instead of lot 2A. This lot will be closed each Friday before home football games.
May 12, 2015
By Jackie Todd, Office of Media Relations
Faculty, staff, students and visitors who come to Clemson this summer will see the future being built right before their eyes.
Meanwhile, progress doesn’t come without a little inconvenience. To accommodate the work being done and for the safety of those on campus, Clemson will temporarily close some roads, divert traffic and relocate some parking spots. (Note: Deep breaths, it will all be ok, really.)
Take a look at some of the upgrades that will improve Clemson’s main campus:
Northwest campus
Northeast campus
Southeast campus
Work continues throughout campus on various repairs on the aging electrical infrastructure. To support these changes, the main campus will have brief, localized power outages and some traffic detours as workers dig “duct banks” (essentially a big hole in the street) to install and replace underground utilities and wiring.
This work precedes a five-year $75M electrical distribution system upgrade project that will begin next year.
“We want to construct a state-of-the-art electrical system that can auto switch power to minimize the impact of localized outages ” said Clemson’s Chief Facilities Officer Bob Wells. “It’s short-term pain for a lot of gain.”
Resources
Click here to access a PowerPoint that gives information on summer projects at Clemson’s main campus.
The facilities department maintains a calendar that lists road closures, outages and other construction disruptions. Access that calendar here or visit the facilities department Web page.
For up-to-date information about parking or transportation changes, visit the Parking and Transportation Services Web page and follow @Clemson_parking on Twitter.
Visit the Building Futures Web page for information on the university’s capital projects.
January 28, 2015
Faculty and staff are about to get more parking spaces on Clemson’s main campus. University Housing and Parking and Transportation Services have created a gravel parking lot, open to faculty and staff, adjacent to Calhoun Courts. The 57-parking space lot is across the street from Parkway Drive. To access these spaces, faculty and staff can enter from Newman Road and Morrison Road.
Visit Parking and Transportation Services’ Web page for up-to-date information or follow @clemson_parking on Twitter.
July 1, 2014
Campus permit holders and visitors can park at more locations across campus. Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) has expanded multi-space meter parking to an additional seven locations. This expansion comes with another way to pay for parking. PATS has partnered with the TigerOne office to allow the use of the TigerOne card to pay for parking at any meter across campus.
Additional metered spaces are located at:
Many of the spaces that have been converted were previously free 30-minute spaces. Through the partnership with TigerOne, faculty, staff and student drivers will be able to get an hour’s worth of parking for just 50 cents with the use of the Tiger One card payment option.
“There was a high trend in parking violations in those spots – and those were from drivers who remained over the 30-minute limit,” according to PATS director Dan Hofmann. “We want to reduce those violations by giving drivers additional time at the meters. Now, drivers who pay with their Tiger One card at select locations, will still get 30 minutes free parking and they’ll just pay 50 cents for the additional 30 minutes.”
This most recent meter expansion brings the total available metered parking spaces for visitors up to 405 spaces at 21 locations across campus.
Visitors who park and pay the meter at these locations do not require a parking permit. Faculty, staff or students are not considered a “visitor” at any time and are required to purchase a permit.
“This additional meter revenue is helping us to equitably distribute the cost of parking to all users thereby keeping parking permits for faculty, staff, and students as low as possible,” explained Hofmann.
For a map of all metered locations across campus, click here.
Download the Parker app, available for iPhones and Android at the App Store or Google Play, to locate “real-time” available metered parking on campus. Drive directly to an available lot using Parker’s maps or voice-guided directions .
July 10, 2013
Renewals for 2013-2014 Employee parking permits are now available online*. Please remember, you are required to verify and link your vehicle to your permit to park on campus. You will need the license plate number, make, model, color and year of your vehicle(s).
Employee permits for the coming year will again be issued in the form of repositionable decals, to be placed in the left front (driver’s side) window of your vehicle. For those who drive an alternate vehicle, these decals may be moved from vehicle to vehicle for up to 3,000 re-sticks.
It is our goal to simplify the renewal process by expediting the processing of your 2013-2014 parking permit. Therefore, permits will be mailed starting July 15, 2013 to the shipping address that you provide.
Permits will not be held for pick-up at Parking and Transportation Services.
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
You must purchase a parking permit online at https://clemson.t2hosted.com/cmn/auth.aspx
Pay for your permit in one of two ways:
IMPORTANT NOTES:
All past-due citations must be paid before purchasing a parking permit.
Consider participating in Clemson’s Carpool Program. Read more online at: http://www.clemson.edu/campus-life/campus-services/parking/carpoolprogram.html.
For questions, contact Parking and Transportation Services at 656-2270 or parking@clemson.edu or visit the office, located on the ground level of the University Union, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
