Keeping Campus Open and Accessible During Winter Weather Events

Facilities & Services (F&S) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is responsible for providing snow removal for 23 miles of roadway, 147 parking lots with more than 20,000 spaces, 80 miles of sidewalk, 10 miles of bicycle paths and lanes, and more than 250 buildings on 1,400 acres.
Snow Removal

In all, it is a team effort of more than 250 employees at F&S in the Grounds, Transportation, Building Services, and Construction Services departments working long hours to keep the campus open and accessible for students, faculty, and staff.

Snow removal is considered priority work; pavements, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility ramps, building entrances, ADA building entrances and routes of access to these entrances, and lugger platforms must be cleared any time of the day or night. Primary campus streets and drives are the number one priority for our large snow plows; sidewalks and building entrances are first priorities for our Grounds and Building Services departments.

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as our crews make every effort to keep our streets, sidewalks, building entrances, and key parking lots clear during and after winter storms.

More information on campus snow/ice removal efforts is available at: http://www.fs.illinois.edu/services/maintenance/snow-removal