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The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors
- The White House intends to build a 33,000-square-foot underground security screening center under Sherman Park to streamline visitor checks.
- Seven screening lanes are planned to ease processing and reduce wait times for visitors.
- Construction could begin as early as August with operation expected by July 2028.
- The project is a collaboration among the Executive Office of the President, the U.S. Secret Service, and the National Park Service.
- The Sherman Park monument to Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman would not be removed.
- The National Capital Planning Commission will discuss the proposal at its April 2 meeting.
- The agenda also includes plans for a separate 90,000-square-foot building with a large ballroom on the former East Wing site.
- The White House sees the underground center as part of broader grounds renovations under the Trump administration’s plan.
- Officials say the screening facility would operate beneath Sherman Park, southeast of the White House and south of the Treasury building.
- The plan remains subject to approval by the National Capital Planning Commission and related agencies.
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