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The New Cairo municipality has instructed the AUC adminstration to prohibit the parking of cars on main roads around campus, and that all cars in non-parking zones will be towed or tire clamped, in ad­dition to applying fines.

This means that members of the AUC commu­nity must either park inside campus in a designated parking lot or in the parking zones within the serv­ice roads to and from the AUC gates.

At the beginning of the semester, a stark in­crease in traffic congestion at AUC’s gates and park­ing areas has prompted administrative officials to look for quick alternatives.

At the time, Brian MacDougall, the vice-pres­ident for Planning and Administration had sug­gested in an email sent to the AUC community that Gates 2, 4, or 5 be used as pick up and drop off locations diverting traffic from Gate 1.

Since mid-September, volunteers from the Stu­dent Union (SU) have been helping organize the AUC parking lot at Gate 4 and negotiating more spaces for students.

Drivers dropping off or waiting to pick up stu­dents are being diverted to Gate 2, where there is an air-conditioned waiting room, bathroom facilities and a prayer area.

The SU action came after many students com­plained of overcrowded parking lots, but more spe­cifically after the closing of the entrance to Gate 4 when it had become overburdened.