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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
President Obama to Hold Campaign Event in Leesburg
Leesburg Police Department issues additional details about road closures that
will begin at 2:30pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012
Leesburg, VA (August 1, 2012) – On Thursday, August 2, 2012, the President of the United
States will visit Leesburg for a campaign event at Loudoun County High School (415 Dry Mill
Road SW). A number of road closures will occur prior to and during the presidential visit. The
campaign event is a ticketed event and no one will be admitted to the event area without a
ticket. It will not be possible to view any portion of the event from outside the event area.
Tickets are being distributed by the Obama for America re-election campaign, not by the Town
of Leesburg or the Leesburg Police Department.
In order to facilitate travel and ensure public safety during the presidential visit, the Leesburg
Police Department advises everyone to avoid the area unless attending the event. Again, the
event is a ticketed one and every attendee must have a ticket. The following roads will be
closed on Thursday, August 2, 2012:
1. Dry Mill Road, from Catoctin Circle to Wage Drive, beginning at 2:30pm through the end
of the event.
2. Catoctin Circle, from Rosemeade Drive to Belmont Drive, beginning at 2:30pm through
the end of the event.
3. Lee Avenue, from Dominion Academy to Dry Mill Road, beginning at 4:30pm through
the end of the event. Neighborhoods off Dry Mill Road, west of Lee Avenue, will be
accessible via Dry Mill Road from west of the town limits.
Once these roads are closed to vehicular traffic, pedestrian access will be limited to event
ticketholders only. Beginning at 7:00pm, all pedestrian access into the event area will be
stopped. Event attendees are advised to arrive at the event site as early as possible.
In addition, the W&OD Trail will be closed from Catoctin Circle to western town limits beginning
at 6:30pm. Trail users headed eastbound from outside the town limits will be able to continue
east, around the restricted area, on town trails through the Fox Ridge neighborhood after
6:30pm.
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The map below shows these road closures, as well as designated no parking areas. Gates for the
event will open at 5:30pm.
The Obama for America campaign recommends that attendees park at the Loudoun County
Fairgrounds (17558 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg). Shuttle buses will be available to transport
attendees to and from the event site, beginning at 4:00pm.
Tickets for the event are being distributed by the Obama for America campaign at the Leesburg
campaign office (56 Sycolin Road SE, Leesburg) and the Sterling campaign office (46936
Benedict Drive, Suite 200, Sterling). For more information about event tickets, please call 703-
303-1276.
Contact:
Betsy Fields
Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov
703-771-2734
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