Penn State officials and guests on Friday celebrated the start of construction for two new College of Engineering buildings on University Park’s West Campus, marking the beginning of a long-term plan to transform the facilities and footprint of the school’s largest academic program.
The “groundbreaking” ceremony, came well after the start of construction for the first of the buildings, counterintuitively called West 2, which began last September. But COVID-19 gathering restrictions were in place at the time and site work has only recently begun on the second building, dubbed West 1.
Located west of North Atherton Street and off of White Course Drive, the new buildings are the first phase of a
After nearly two years of construction, Penn State will officially open a new parking deck on west campus, aptly named the West Deck, at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 10.
The new deck, located along White Course Drive between the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building and White Course Apartments, is open for both permit holders and visitors. Permit holders can check if they’re applicable through
information included in this press release, while visitor parking is available for $1 an hour with a $12 maximum daily fee.
The six-level parking deck holds 1,651 parking spaces. The first level features an 8-foot, 3-inch clearance that can accommodate larger vehicles and 28 Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible spaces. Level two, meanwhile, boasts five electric vehicle charging plugs, and 13 more spaces have been “prepped” for potential installation of more plugs in the future.
West Deck opening at University Park on Monday, May 10
Located along White Course Drive between the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building and White Course Apartments, the West Deck holds 1,651 parking spaces across the 537,037-square-foot, six-level facility.
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West Deck opening at University Park on Monday, May 10
May 07, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State Transportation Services will open the new West Deck located at University Park’s West Campus at 6 a.m. Monday, May 10, for both permit holder and visitor parking.
With the opening of the West Deck, the two sections of Red A parking located along White Course Drive near the Westgate and Earth and Engineering Sciences buildings will close at midnight Sunday night (May 9), and all vehicles must be removed from these lots by that time. Permit holders who currently have access to Red A parking areas will have access to the West Deck until further notice.
After a year and a half of construction, Penn State opened a new parking deck on west campus on Monday morning.
The West Deck, located along White Course Drive between the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building and White Course Apartments, is open for both permit holders and visitors. Permit holders can check if they’re applicable here, while visitor parking is available for $1 an hour with a $12 maximum daily fee.
The six-level parking deck holds 1,651 parking spaces and is the largest parking structure in the State College area. The first level features an 8-foot, 3-inch clearance that can accommodate larger vehicles and has 28 Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible spaces. Level two, meanwhile, boasts five electric vehicle charging plugs, and 13 more spaces have been “prepped” for potential installation of more plugs in the future.
Penn State Transportation Services opened a new parking deck located at West Campus at 6 a.m. Monday, according to Penn State News.
The West Deck is available for both permit holders and visitors and can accommodate 1,651 parking spaces.
The two sections of Red A parking along White Course Drive are now closed, and those with Red A parking permits will be granted access to West Deck as an alternative.
The parking deck offers 28 ADA-accessible parking spaces, room for 100 bikes, five level-two electric vehicle charging plugs and license plate recognition software for access in and out of the parking deck, which is a first step in the universityâs transition to a virtual permit system.