At about the same time we hear of the wall around the White House and
of plans to demolish the White House, and What do you thing is going on?
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Elevatorpitches · F
tear down the walls used to be a humanitarian slogan, u know less walls equals more friendship, or something...
the paranoia in dc is like the paranoia in the air, like its everywhere but especially in some places therefore the big fence and now they are talking about a wall?
thats sad, but Im not surprised. I prefer cooperation, but of course the place cant be raided. Sad sad sad.
the paranoia in dc is like the paranoia in the air, like its everywhere but especially in some places therefore the big fence and now they are talking about a wall?
thats sad, but Im not surprised. I prefer cooperation, but of course the place cant be raided. Sad sad sad.
Nelladell · 80-89, F
@Elevatorpitches Fence -- when was it put up?
Elevatorpitches · F
Construction to begin soon on taller White House fence
The fence surrounding the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019. Approval was given for a new and taller fence around the White House complex in 2017 and now construction of a almost 13-foot tall fence is slated to begin this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
June 7, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tourists may find it harder to get that perfect snap of the White House after construction begins on a new 13-foot fence, almost double its current height, to help keep intruders out.
The Secret Service says a $64 million construction project will begin soon on what eventually will be a 13-foot, 1-inch (3.96-meter) fence with wider and stronger pickets. The existing fence stands about 6-feet, 6 inches (1.83-meters) tall. The agency, which protects the president, declined to discuss details of the state-of-the-art features it says will be part of the new barrier.
The National Park Service, which provides care and upkeep for the White House and its 18 acres of grounds, has also been involved in the project.
The fence design won approval in 2017 from both the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. A contract was awarded in June 2018 for $64 million. Active construction, once it begins in the summer, is expected to continue into 2021, the Secret Service said.
The new fence will have an additional inch of space between pickets, for a total of 5 ½ inches (12.7 centimeters) between posts.
Initial construction will focus on the fence around the White House and its immediate surroundings. Later construction will bring improvements to fences around the Treasury Department and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located on either side of the White House.
Officials concluded that a taller fence was needed after a series of White House security breaches, including in September 2014, when a Texas man carrying a knife scaled the fence, sprinted across the North Lawn and entered the White House. That incident led security officials to put in place a second, shorter barrier — made of metal bike racks — several feet in front of the current fence. Potential jumpers would essentially have separate fences to scale — the bike racks and the actual fence.
The added security has kept tourists from taking photos of the historic building without the fence showing up in their frames.
An "anti-climb" feature consisting of sharp metal points was put atop the fence in July 2015 to make it difficult to climb.
Security officials also restricted public access to sidewalks and adjoining areas south of the White House in 2017, shortly after President Donald Trump took office, after a California man carrying Mace climbed the executive mansion's fence and roamed the grounds for about 17 minutes before Secret Service officers discovered him.
Trump was at the White House at the time.
The fence surrounding the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019. Approval was given for a new and taller fence around the White House complex in 2017 and now construction of a almost 13-foot tall fence is slated to begin this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
June 7, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tourists may find it harder to get that perfect snap of the White House after construction begins on a new 13-foot fence, almost double its current height, to help keep intruders out.
The Secret Service says a $64 million construction project will begin soon on what eventually will be a 13-foot, 1-inch (3.96-meter) fence with wider and stronger pickets. The existing fence stands about 6-feet, 6 inches (1.83-meters) tall. The agency, which protects the president, declined to discuss details of the state-of-the-art features it says will be part of the new barrier.
The National Park Service, which provides care and upkeep for the White House and its 18 acres of grounds, has also been involved in the project.
The fence design won approval in 2017 from both the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. A contract was awarded in June 2018 for $64 million. Active construction, once it begins in the summer, is expected to continue into 2021, the Secret Service said.
The new fence will have an additional inch of space between pickets, for a total of 5 ½ inches (12.7 centimeters) between posts.
Initial construction will focus on the fence around the White House and its immediate surroundings. Later construction will bring improvements to fences around the Treasury Department and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located on either side of the White House.
Officials concluded that a taller fence was needed after a series of White House security breaches, including in September 2014, when a Texas man carrying a knife scaled the fence, sprinted across the North Lawn and entered the White House. That incident led security officials to put in place a second, shorter barrier — made of metal bike racks — several feet in front of the current fence. Potential jumpers would essentially have separate fences to scale — the bike racks and the actual fence.
The added security has kept tourists from taking photos of the historic building without the fence showing up in their frames.
An "anti-climb" feature consisting of sharp metal points was put atop the fence in July 2015 to make it difficult to climb.
Security officials also restricted public access to sidewalks and adjoining areas south of the White House in 2017, shortly after President Donald Trump took office, after a California man carrying Mace climbed the executive mansion's fence and roamed the grounds for about 17 minutes before Secret Service officers discovered him.
Trump was at the White House at the time.
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