SUBJECT:

Closure of Hopkins Drive & Voigt Drive: May 16-18, 2013

The 31st annual Sun God Festival is on Friday, May 17. Due to the construction of event infrastructure, Hopkins Drive will be closed from Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 PM through Saturday, May 18 at 12:00 PM. During that time Hopkins Drive will be closed to all traffic between Scholars Drive North and Voigt Drive.

Please note these additional impacts to parking and transportation on campus on May 17, 2013:

-Voigt Drive will be closed to west-bound traffic between Engineers Lane and Hopkins Drive from 12:00 PM to 1:00 AM.

-Access to Hopkins Parking Structure will be available from Voigt Drive only until 12:00 PM. After 12:00 PM inbound traffic will be limited to event-related vehicles and outbound traffic from Hopkins Parking Structure is subject to delay.

-The following parking areas will also be closed from 12:00 PM - 1:00 AM: P308 (Marshall Lower Apartments), P309 (Library Loop area on Hopkins Drive).

-Spanos Loop (P359) on Northpoint Lane will be closed from 6:00 AM - 1:00 AM.

-The Campus Loop Shuttle will run on its normal schedule with a modified "horseshoe" loop between the Price Center and the Northpoint Drive area, which provides easy access to the North Entrance of the Festival.

We encourage you to find alternate parking on Friday, May 17, 2013 to help ease congestion and facilitate pedestrian traffic to and from the festival on Hopkins Drive. If you have questions please contact Alex Kushner, Assistant Director of Campus Events, at akushner@ucsd.edu or 858-534-3080.

Martin Wollesen Director