Starting Monday, Dec. 20, construction fencing will be installed on the UMass Amherst campus around sections of Massachusetts Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, and the full perimeter of Parking Lot 32 East. This work is part of site preparations for pending construction of new undergraduate and graduate housing. Significant changes in traffic and parking patterns will occur.

The following will be in place from Dec. 20, 2021 through Jan. 21, 2022.

• A detour will be in place for Massachusetts Avenue eastbound from
  Lincoln Avenue to the Visitors Center Lot entrance. Vehicle traffic on Massachusetts Avenue eastbound will merge to one lane before Lincoln Avenue to use a detour as directed. A police detail will be on Massachusetts Avenue during construction activities to guide vehicles, pedestrians and construction vehicles. This detour is scheduled to end at the start of the spring semester, but the other changes noted below are expected to remain in place until construction concludes in fall 2023.
• The entry to the Robsham Visitors Center Lot will be closed to vehicle traffic.
  Vehicles may access the lot from Massachusetts Avenue through the Lot 34 entrance. The Visitors Center Lot exit will remain open.
• Lincoln Avenue will be closed from the entrance to Lot 32 to Massachusetts Avenue.
  Vehicles will use North Hadley Road and Sunset Avenue as a detour.
• There also will be impacts to pedestrian pathways.

Please refer to the related site plan below for impacts that are expected from Monday, Dec. 20 through Friday, Jan. 21. 

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