Handicap Parking Expanded, Shuttle Added for Football Games

 

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09/19/2007

 

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has added new
designated handicap parking areas for football games and is
offering shuttles from one lot to key areas near
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

More than 190 parking spaces are being set aside in the
MDOT lot at the intersection of Highway 6 and Old Taylor
Road for handicap parking. The area, in the south end of
the lot, is to be marked with standard ADA signs.

Shuttles are to run continuously from this area to three
tents near the stadium, beginning four hours before kickoff
and continuing until 90 minutes after each game. The
shuttles are to be available Saturday (Sept. 22) for the
Florida game and for all remaining games this season, said
Andrew Mullins, executive assistant to the chancellor.

Also, any space on campus – except lots reserved for UMAA
Foundation parking – marked for handicap access only is
reserved for handicap use on football weekends. But shuttle
service is provided only to and from the handicap shuttle
tent in the MDOT lot.

Following are guidelines for using the ADA parking area in
the MDOT lot and the stadium shuttle:

 

  • To gain access, proper identification – including the
    state issued handicap credential, proper picture
    identification and the person issued the credential – must
    be presented.
  • Each vehicle with an ADA credential
    will be given two ADA shuttle wristbands (one for the
    person designated by the ADA credential and one for a guest
    to assist) .
  • To ride the ADA shuttle from the MDOT
    lot to the stadium, you must get to the shuttle tent at the
    south end of the lot.
  • Shuttle service is not
    available to the Grove or any other parking lot.
  • Two shuttles will be designated for each tent at the
    stadium. A tent manager will help guests get on the proper
    shuttle to get them to the desired stadium gate.
  • To ride the ADA shuttle from the stadium to the MDOT
    lot, you must get to one of the shuttle tents at the
    stadium. Chairs will be available while you wait for the
    shuttle.
  • For a map of shuttle tents and stadium games, go to


    http://www.olemiss.edu/news2/ada/
    .

    For more information, call the Gameday Information Hot Line
    at 662-915-7491.