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Obama Event Likely to Spawn Traffic Mess

20080605-obama.jpgIT'LL BE A MOMENT OF REVELRY for supporters of Sen. Barack Obama, but tonight's rally for the presumptive Democratic nominee at Nissan Pavilion will likely leave a sea of steamed commuters stranded in traffic.

Reports The Post's Eric M. Weiss:

The 25,000-capacity amphitheater is served by a single two-lane road off a chronically jammed commuter highway, Interstate 66, that routinely backs up from 3 p.m. on a typical weekday until long past 6. There is also major construction that could force supporters of the presidential candidate through a bottleneck that brings the four-lane westbound side of the highway down to two lanes.

"This sounds like its going to be an absolute disaster," said Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart, a Republican. "Obviously, I have no influence on Barack Obama, but if I did, I would ask him to move the event up a little."

The venue's parking lots will open at 2 p.m., its doors will open at at 3 p.m. and the event will begin at 6 p.m., Weiss reports. Admission is free, but attendees will be admitted on a first-come basis.

Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

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