Update: DOB Ends Stop Construction Order for Howard University Area
Beginning 7:00 a.m. on Friday, November 8, 2024, the Department of Buildings (DOB) is allowing all construction activity near Howard University.
Previous Release
DOB Issues Stop Construction Order Effective 7:00 PM Tonight, November 4, 2024, for Howard University Area
Work stoppage is due to Vice President Kamala Harris’s election night watch party
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Beginning 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 4, 2024, the Department of Buildings (DOB) is prohibiting all construction activity near Howard University as a result of Vice President Kamala Harris’s election night watch party scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2024. This work stoppage is necessary due to security measures, road closures, and parking restrictions.
Contractors in the affected areas identified in the Road Closure Map should begin immediately securing their sites. Your respective construction site/project/work zone should be securely closed and all materials and equipment— such as bricks, concrete, barriers, tools—are secured within your locked worksite. More specifically, anything within your permitted work site that can possibly be used as a projectile should be out of immediate reach of the public before 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 4, 2024.
Contractors should prepare to have no access to the sites potentially through Sunday, November 10, 2024, or earlier if the U.S. Secret Service determines the security measures are no longer necessary.
The Metropolitan Police Department issued a traffic advisory here detailing the impacts to streets and transit. Also note the following maps:
- INTERACTIVE MAP: Road Closures and Parking Restrictions
- DOWNLOAD: Road Closure Map (PDF)
The affected streets are also listed below.
Emergency No Parking Zones
- Gresham Place from 5th Street to Georgia Avenue NW
- Girard Street from Georgia Avenue to 6th Street NW
- Fairmont Street from Georgia Avenue to 6th Street NW
- Euclid Street from Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue NW
- Howard Place from Georgia Avenue to 6th Street NW
- Barry Place from Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue NW
- College Street from 6th Street to 4th Street NW
- 300 block of College Street NW
- Bryant Street from Georgia Avenue to 2nd Street NW
- W Street from 9th Street to 8th Street NW
- W Street from Georgia Avenue to 2nd Street NW
- V Street from Florida Avenue to Georgia Avenue NW
- 9th Street from Euclid Street to U Street NW
- 8th Street from Barry Place to V Street NW
- Georgia Avenue from Harvard Street to Florida Avenue NW
- 6th Street from Girard Street to W Street NW
- 5th Street from V Street to W Street NW
- 4th Street from V Street to McMillan Drive NW
Road Closures
- Gresham Place from 5th Street to Georgia Avenue NW
- Girard Street from Georgia Avenue to 6th Street NW
- Fairmont Street from Georgia Avenue to 6th Street NW
- Euclid Street from Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue NW
- Howard Place from Georgia Avenue to 6th Street NW
- Barry Place from Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue NW
- College Street from 6th Street to 4th Street NW
- 300 block of College Street NW
- Bryant Street from Georgia Avenue to 2nd Street NW
- W Street from 9th Street to 8th Street NW
- W Street from Georgia Avenue to 2nd Street NW
- V Street from Florida Avenue to Georgia Avenue NW
- 9th Street from Euclid Avenue to U Street NW
- 8th Street from Barry Place to V Street NW
- Georgia Avenue from Harvard Street to V Street NW
- 6th Street from Girard Street to W Street NW
- 5th Street from V Street to W Street NW
- 5th Street from Gresham Place, NW to McMillan Drive, NW
- 4th Street from V Street to McMillan Drive, NW
Local Traffic Only Restrictions
Officers positioned at these traffic posts will permit drivers to enter the area, upon request.
- Gresham Place from Georgia Avenue to Sherman Avenue NW
- Girard Street from Georgia Avenue to Sherman Avenue NW
- Fairmont Street from Georgia Avenue to Sherman Avenue NW
- W Street from Florida Avenue to 9th Street NW
- V Street from 9th Street to 8th Street NW
- 8th Street from V Street to Florida Avenue NW
- Georgia Avenue from V Street to Florida Avenue NW (access to the hospital)
- 5th Street from V Street to Florida Avenue NW
- 4th Street from V Street to Florida Avenue NW
- 3rd Street from Elm Street to Florida Avenue NW
- 2nd Street from Bryant Street to Florida Avenue NW
- Adams Street from 2nd Street to First Street NW
- W Street from 2nd Street to First Street NW
- Elm Street from 5th Street to 2nd Street NW
- V Street from 4th Street to First Street NW
- U Street from 2nd Street to First Street NW
- U Street from 3rd Street to Florida Avenue NW
- Thomas Street from 2nd Street to First Street NW
- T Street from Florida Avenue to First Street NW