George Mason University

December Parking and Traffic Advisory: Campus Drive

Posted: December 4, 2017 at 2:16 pm, Last Updated: September 26, 2018 at 9:27 am

Campus Drive – Fairfax Campus

The university is expecting heavy traffic during men’s basketball games on Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Tuesday, Dec. 12, at EagleBank Arena, and is taking steps to ensure adequate traffic flow on the Fairfax Campus during peak times.

That includes opening Campus Drive from 4-11 p.m. on these game days. As a note, Campus Drive will remain closed afterward — except access to the West Campus Parking Lot, and Rapidan River Road via Braddock Road — until mid-January to accommodate an ongoing Fairfax Water construction project. fairfaxwater.org/news/projects/braddock-road-transmission-main

On Friday, Dec. 8, expect lane closures on Patriot Circle at the Campus Drive intersection as part of that project. Also, beginning Monday, Dec. 4 through Friday, Dec. 8, expect occasional lane closures near Peterson Hall on Aquia Creek Lane and Patriot Circle as deliveries are made.

As a reminder, on basketball game days drivers are advised to:

1. Allow extra time commuting to and from campus
2. Avoid the southern end of campus off Braddock Road near EagleBank Arena
3. Expect event traffic up to two hours before the doors open at 6 p.m.
4. Expect traffic delays on Mason Shuttle routes
5. Consider parking in Rappahannock River Parking Deck to avoid the event parking and traffic impacts

To accommodate additional traffic flow on campus, Shenandoah Parking Deck levels 4 and 5 will be open as overflow, event, and general permit parking starting at 5 p.m. on Dec. 6 and 12.

For more information on these events, visit eaglebankarena.com and gomason.com.

For parking and traffic updates, follow @MasonParking on Twitter. Contact parking@gmu.edu with questions.

Write to University Information at building@gmu.edu