West Lobby Plan

MEMORANDUM file Watchy file : flan THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 26, 1970 Memorandum for: Mr. Butterfield From: Rex Scouten Subject: Exit driveway - West Drive to West Executive Avenue. Enclosed is a grounds map indicating an exit driveway for West Wing appointments. As proposed, the drive would be 12 feet wide, approximately 100 feet long, eliminate 5 parking spaces on West Executive and would cost approximately $4,800.00. Construction time, 3 weeks. Although I personally do not favor adding any more blacktop to the grounds and feel certain that some pressure would have to be applied to the Commission on Fine Arts to secure their approval, the proposed drive would have some advantages: I If all traffic exited via this drive, the required opening of the North West gate would be 50% less than now. Vehicles exiting would not block pedestrian traffic on the Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk. They would use the traffic signal at West Executive. 3 It would, to some extent, eliminate the possibility of a vehicle exiting from the West Wing meeting a vehicle entering from the North West Gate which, of course, would cause one or the other to back up Delivery vehicle could use sw GATE + enter via this The design for the North West Gate to be electrically operated Rd. has been approved. Materials will be shipped from Hibbing, Minnesota next week by motor freight as each of the 2 units weigh 750 pounds. We do not have an estimated time of arrival at this date.