LA Street Closures For Obama Visit To USC
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — It's going to be an all-star affair on Friday when President Barack Obama comes to town, but after the traffic mess caused by his last visit, you may want to steer clear of the downtown area.
Obama will be joined by Jamie Foxx and hip-hop/rock band Ozomatli when he speaks tomorrow at the University of Southern California. The event, hosted by the USC Political Student Assembly and organized by the Democratic National Committee, is free of charge and admission is open to the public.
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The streets listed below will be subject to soft and hard closures in the late morning into mid-afternoon hours. A soft closure is defined as closed to through-vehicle traffic, some cars will be screened and pedestrian traffic will be allowed. A hard closure is closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
The street closures are as follows:
Martin Luther King Blvd between Figueroa and Vermont:
Soft Closure 9:30 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.
Hard Closure 11:25 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Vermont Avenue between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Exposition
Soft Closure 9:30 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.
Hard Closure 11:25 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Figueroa between Martin Luther King Boulevard and 39th Street
Soft Closure 9:30 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.
Hard Closure 11:25 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Exposition Boulevard between Vermont and Figueroa
Hard Closure 11:25 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
All the above mentioned streets will have a hard closure from 2:25 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
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