国家首都规划委员会周四一致投票批准了新建白宫访客安检设施的建设规划。该项目是总统唐纳德·特朗普对白宫园区进行的大规模改造的一部分，但与其他建设规划相比，该项目获得了两党支持且几乎没有遭到反对。
The National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously voted to approve building plans for a new White House Visitor Screening Facility. The project is part of President Donald Trump’s massive overhaul of the White House grounds, but one that has enjoyed bipartisan support and drawn little pushback compared to his other construction plans.
该设施将建在谢尔曼公园的15街附近，设有一个通往地下的安检入口，并允许访客从白宫东翼（即总统更具争议的宴会厅项目所在地）离开。委员会主席、特朗普任命的马克·保莱塔周四表示：“我期待着在白宫园区内建起这座美丽的建筑。”
The facility will be built off 15th Street in Sherman Park, with an entrance that leads below ground for screening and allows visitors to exit by the East Wing of the White House, the site of the president’s more controversial ballroom project. The commission’s chairman, Trump appointee Mark Paoletta, said Thursday, “I look forward to the beautiful building be built on the White House grounds.”
由12名成员组成的委员会的城市规划师李·韦伯介绍了该设施的最终规划。他说，该设施将包括一个多功能的室内开放式平面空间，允许美国特勤局安装永久安检技术。该空间还将在大型活动期间提供充足的室内排队空间，安检设施内容纳人数可达700人。
Lee Webb, an urban planner with the 12-member commission, presented the final plans for the facility. He said it will include a versatile indoor open floor-plan space that will allow the United States Secret Service to install permanent screening technology. The space will also allow significant indoor queuing for large events, with a 700-person occupancy within the screening facility.
目前，白宫访客是在临时的加宽拖车和帐篷中接受安检的，特勤局曾表示这无法满足其安全需求。该规划得到了委员会全体成员的批准，其中包括由民主党籍华盛顿特区市长缪里尔·鲍泽任命的代表。建设工作预计将在下个月开始，并在2028年的某个时候完工。
Visitors to the White House are now screened in temporary, double-wide trailers and tents, which the Secret Service has said falls short of its security needs. The plans were approved by all members of the commission, which include representatives appointed by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat. Construction work is expected to begin in the next month and finish at some point in 2028.
代表总务管理局进入董事会的特朗普任命官员保罗·英格拉西亚对新设施的加入赞不绝口，称其为“我们所见证的白宫重塑计划中令人难以置信的一部分”。这包括在原东翼旧址上正在建设的占地9万平方英尺的大型宴会厅。委员会已于4月份批准了该宴会厅的规划。
Representing the General Services Administration on the board, Trump appointee Paul Ingrassia hailed the addition of the new facility as “an incredible part of this White House reimagining we’ve been seeing.”That includes the massive 90,000 square foot ballroom that’s being constructed at the site of the former East Wing. The commission approved the plans for the ballroom in April.
在周四的听证会上，一位发言人表示，新设施的出口部分将采用科林斯式柱子（Corinthian columns）的设计，以“与宴会厅的整体风格相协调”。总统一直积极参与白宫的翻新工作；这些翻新工作包括在椭圆形办公室（Oval Office）添加金色装饰元素、在白宫草坪上建造直升机停机坪，以及华盛顿特区（D.C.）周边地区的其他项目（例如拟建的“凯旋门”）。
At Thursday’s hearing, one of the presenters said the exit of the new facility will have Corinthian columns to “align with the ballroom’s language.”The president has been highly involved in renovations at the White House, which have included gold adornments in the Oval Office and the installation of a helipad on the White House lawn, as well as other projects around D.C., like the proposed construction of a “Triumphal Arch.”