With traffic and parking expected to be a major concern with the Trump rally in Indiana on Monday, there is guidance being offered on both.
Ticket holders for the rally at the KCAC will be directed to park at Mack Park and the Indiana County Fairgrounds, utilizing Gates Two and Three, near the old BiLo and S&T Bank location off Wayne Avenue. Those gates will open at 10 AM and drivers must enter the area at the traffic light, not by shortcutting across the former BiLo parking lot. All other Mack Park entry points will be closed to the public. Traffic arriving before 10 AM will be turned away. Pedestrians headed to the KCAC will exit Mack Park at Gate Two.
Motorists are also asked to avoid using Hospital Road and South Sixth Street to allow access to IRMC for emergency vehicles, patients and staff. Unauthorized parked vehicles on IRMC property may be towed.
In a separate release, IUP has issued more information for tomorrow’s event. No rally event parking will be permitted on campus; Pratt Drive adjacent to the KCAC will be closed to traffic. The Miller Stadium South Parking Lot will be closed but the stadium’s North parking Lot will be available IUP for permit parking only, coming off South 11th Street.
Pedestrian foot traffic will also be restricted.
Here is the official parking release from IUP:
Parking information
IUP ANNOUNCES PARKING RESTRICTONS DUE TO (TRUMP CAMPAIGN) RALLY
In anticipation of Monday’s (Trump Campaign Rally,) and with 5000 visitors expected at the Kovalchick Complex, Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced the following changes to on-Campus operations starting at 9 PM tonight (Sunday):
Doors open to ticket holders of Monday’s campaign rally starting at 3 p.m.
The following changes to on-campus operations will be in place to accommodate this event:
– There will be no access to the Kovalchick Complex from 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 to midnight Tuesday, Sept. 24, except to event organizers and ticket holders, during the Trump rally.
– The Kovalchick Complex Wayne Avenue parking lot will be closed from 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, to midnight Tuesday, Sept. 24.
– Pratt Drive adjacent to the Kovalchick Complex to the Miller Stadium South Parking lot will be closed to vehicular traffic from 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, to midnight Tuesday, Sept. 24.
– The Miller Stadium South Parking Lot will be closed from 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 to midnight Tuesday, Sept. 24.
All parking for the event on Monday, Sept. 23, with the exception of a small number of spaces in the Kovalchick Complex Wayne Avenue parking lot, will be directed to an off-campus site; no event parking will be permitted in campus parking lots to minimize the effect on campus operations and student and employee vehicular traffic.
While Pratt Drive adjacent to the Kovalchick Complex will be closed to vehicular traffic, the west sidewalk on the Eberly College of Business side of Pratt Drive will be open to pedestrians. The Miller Stadium North Parking Lot will be open for IUP permit holder parking and can be accessed via South 11th Street.
Parking enforcement officials will be closely monitoring parking regulations on campus, including the campus-wide 2 to 6 a.m. parking prohibition. Vehicles parked illegally will be ticketed and towed.
Officials expect significant pedestrian and vehicular traffic around the Kovalchick Complex and along Wayne Avenue, including the possibility of some traffic stops to accommodate persons attending the event. Persons are encouraged to avoid these areas as much as possible.
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