Power across main campus will be turned off at 5 a.m. Friday so Facilities can repair damaged equipment. Power is expected to be restored by 6:30 a.m.
All campus buildings will be affected, but the early hour should minimize disruptions.
Fike Recreation Center will delay its opening until 7:30 a.m.
Cooper Library will close at 5 a.m. and reopen when the power is restored.
Campus dining halls should open as scheduled, but the outage might delay some hot food preparation.
Many traffic signals on and around campus will not be working, so drive safely. State law requires drivers to treat non-working traffic lights like four-way stop signs.
Affected intersections are:
- Perimeter Road and Avenue of Champions
- Perimeter Road and Williamson Road
- Perimeter Road and Newman Road
- McMillan Road and Cherry Road
- McMillan Road and Newman Road
- Highway 93 and Newman Road
- Highway 93 and Calhoun Drive
- Highway 93 and Sherman Street
- Highway 93 and Williamson Road
- Cherry Road and Zeta Theta Street
Facilities will use portable generators to keep traffic signals at these major intersections working:
- Perimeter Road and Cherry Road
- Highway 93 and Cherry Road
- Highway 93 and College Avenue
- Highway 93 and Perimeter Road
- S. 76 (Clemson Boulevard) and Perimeter Road