Downtown D.C. roads to close for days during Africa leaders summit

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Downtown D.C. roads to close for days during Africa leaders summit
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Roads, buses, parking and Metro will be affected, with delays and disruptions stretching until Dec. 17.

The delays and disruptions will last through next week, police said.

Road closures will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday on Mount Vernon Place from Seventh Street NW to Ninth Street NW. The bulk of the closures will follow at 6 a.m. Monday and last through 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, police said.

Green Line trains won’t stop at the shuttered Mount Vernon Square station, which will be closed between 5 p.m. Monday through the end of Thursday, police said. Metrobus detours will effect the 70, 79, 74, 63, 64, D4, G8 and S2 routes from the start of service Saturday through the following Friday. Residential, business and street parking will also be affected, with emergency no-parking zones already up around the convention center. Inspections will be required before cars can enter some parking areas in the secured zone, authorities said.the summit, which will address security, health, climate change, space, democracy and other issues, will run Dec. 13 through Dec. 15, before leaders depart Dec. 16. Biden is scheduled to speak Wednesday.

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