Bidens will be in town for a week, beginning Aug. 25
President Joe Biden will be wrapping up his summer by spending the last week of August at his North Shores home, beginning Sunday, Aug. 25.
According to the White House Week Ahead Guidance and Press Schedule issued Aug. 25, the president and first lady Jill Biden will be in town until least Friday, Aug. 30. However, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a restricted flight notice that ends at 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 3.
This is what can typically be expected in terms of security measures for when the president is in town:
- Gordons Pond users could see restrictions. The park’s parking lot is just around the corner from Biden’s home and is used as a landing site for Marine One
- If Biden decides to drive, motorists on Route 1 should be prepared for delays. By road, there’s really only one way to his house – southbound on Route 1, then through Rehoboth Beach. As the presidential motorcade makes its way south, police and state personnel sit at all intersections blocking traffic
- The FAA’s temporary flight restrictions limit use of the airspace – including drones – from Dover south to Ocean City, Md., and west to the Maryland border
- The Coast Guard establishes security zones in the ocean area immediately in front of North Shores beach and in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal.
The Bidens haven’t been out in public as much this summer as they have in years past, but if they do venture out, send photos to cflood@capegazette.com.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Monday, Aug. 26, with current information from the White House and submitted photo.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories, random stories on subjects he finds interesting and has a column called ‘Choppin’ Wood’ that runs every other week. Additionally, Chris moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes during daylight hours that are jammed with coins, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
