Traffic Alert: Washington Prepares to Host Meeting of African Leaders

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The meeting might "bring city traffic to a standstill," but it won't stop radio traffic. Scanner listeners might find that some rarely used frequencies come alive.

Hat tip, WTOP ("traffic and weather on the 8's, and when it breaks&quot .

Washington Prepares to Host Meeting of African Leaders

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS JULY 29, 2014

WASHINGTON — Federal officials have warned government employees here that the arrival next week of 50 African leaders — and their motorcades — will bring city traffic to a standstill during a two-day White House summit meeting about issues on the continent.

In an email to top officials at federal offices, the nation’s personnel chief urged agencies to let their workers stay at home during the event, which takes place next Tuesday and Wednesday. Traffic is also expected to be snarled on Monday and Thursday as the leaders arrive and leave.

“Agencies should consider encouraging employees who can be spared from their duties to request to adjust their work schedules,” Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, wrote Friday in a memo.

[elleng]

1. Interesting 'warning.'

August is generally low traffic time, as many are on vacations (BUT for 'early' school openings! USED to be AFTER Labor Day, remember?)