{"id":52053,"date":"2018-08-16T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T17:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=52053"},"modified":"2019-08-16T08:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T15:36:16","slug":"aug-2018-traffic-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/aug-2018-traffic-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome home, Jacks! What to know for NAU&#8217;s move-in week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 20, 2018<\/p>\n<p>As NAU prepares to welcome back the Lumberjacks, including the class of 2022, there are a few things to know that will make navigating campus easier for faculty, staff, students and their parents during move-in week.<\/p>\n<h3>Local\/campus<\/h3>\n<p>Northern Arizona University students living on campus are scheduled to move in 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, to Friday, Aug. 24, with most of the activity scheduled for Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, a modified traffic plan will go into effect to accommodate the increase and unloading of vehicles. NAU employees should be aware of the following road closures: Beaver Street Transit Way (bus spine) southbound from McCreary Drive and University Drive will be closed to non-move-in traffic to facilitate residents moving into central campus halls. <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainline.az.gov\/service-alerts\/\">NAIPTA bus routes have been rerouted<\/a> to accommodate these closures.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell Drive and Pine Knoll Drive will be open for east-west travel.<\/p>\n<p>Please allow extra time when commuting to and from campus these days. For real-time traffic and logistical updates, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAU\">NAU on Twitter<\/a> using #NAUmovein.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nau.edu\/residence-life\/move-in\/getting-to-your-hall\/\">Directions and a map sent to parents to help them navigate campus can be found online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Interstate construction<\/h3>\n<p>From Thursday, Aug. 16, through Friday, Aug.24, southbound Interstate 17 will close from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. where the highway passes under Interstate 40. To head south out of Flagstaff, drivers will need to take I-40 west to the Flagstaff Ranch Road exit and then use I-40 eastbound to the exit for southbound I-17. Also, I-40 is narrowed to one lane in each direction through the interchange.<\/p>\n<p>The closure is part of the project removing the I-40 bridge decks. Learn more about the project at <a href=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/projects\/northcentral-district-projects\/i-17-and-i-40-traffic-interchanges\/overview\">the ADOT website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For real-time highway conditions statewide, <a href=\"http:\/\/az511.gov\/traffic\/\">visit ADOT\u2019s Traveler Information Website<\/a> or follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arizonadot\">ADOT on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Move-in-Traffic-Map-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52071 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Move-in-Traffic-Map-2018-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2018 move-in traffic map\" width=\"640\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2018\/08\/Move-in-Traffic-Map-2018-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2018\/08\/Move-in-Traffic-Map-2018-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2018\/08\/Move-in-Traffic-Map-2018-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2018\/08\/Move-in-Traffic-Map-2018.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/aug-2018-traffic-updates\/\">Aug. 20, 2018 As NAU prepares to welcome back the Lumberjacks, including the class of 2022, there are a few things to know that will make navigating campus easier for faculty, staff, students and their parents during move-in week. Local\/campus Northern Arizona University students living on campus are scheduled to move in 8 a.m. to&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":52124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}