Update: Jan. 14, 2019

Offices in the Northern Virginia area are closed today. These include locations in Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church, and Merrifield.

The Equine Medical Center in Leesburg will be closed for outpatient appointments and elective cases today. Essential personnel should report as scheduled.

The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the VTC School of Medicine, both in Roanoke, will open two hours late today.

The Alson H. Smith Jr. AREC in Winchester will be closed Monday.

The Virginia Tech center in Richmond will open at 11 a.m.

The Eastern Virginia AREC is now closed.

The Eastern Shore AREC is closed.

Update: Jan. 13, 2019

The Southern Piedmont AREC will open two hours late on Monday. Liberal leave is in effect.

Jan. 11, 2019

The National Weather Service is currently forecasting a winter weather event for the Blacksburg and Roanoke areas for Jan. 12-13, 2019.

In anticipation of wintry weather occurring this weekend, Virginia Tech has put snow emergency routes in effect starting 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12

This designation goes into effect prior to road conditions deteriorating to support snow removal and emergency vehicle movement.

Potential parking and bus route impacts

When a Snow Route Emergency is declared, certain roads on campus must remain open for emergency vehicle use. All vehicles parked along five roads (parallel and diagonal) must be removed or they will be towed at owner's expense.

Please visit the Campus winter weather traffic and parking emergency procedures page to learn if your parking is impacted.

You can find the latest updates around Blacksburg Transit by visiting the BT website.

Update, Jan. 11, 2019: A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for much of Virginia for the weekend. Stay tuned to the forecast from the National Weather Service.

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