» The president’s trip is expected to tie up traffic around the city. What you need to know to get around,

Usual Friday crunch expected to be much worse today. Vice President Mike Pence is also set to address the crowd at the convention center. Details about Pence’s arrival have not been released.

Metro Atlanta traffic could be tougher than usual to navigate today when the president rolls into town.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive this morning at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta to attend planned events in Buckhead and downtown Atlanta. Road closures are expected throughout the day as the presidential motorcade moves around the city.

The first event, a high-dol- lar fundraiser to support U.S. Sen. David Perdue, is sched- uled to begin at 10 a.m. at an undisclosed location in Buckhead. Trump is host- ing the event but Air Force One is not expected to land until just before noon. Motorists can expect roll

ing road closures along several major freeways when the president makes his way from Marietta into Buckhead, WSB traffic reporter Ashley Frasca said. “Of course to go into Buckhead or even to the Downtown Connector, he’s got to go I-75 South,” she said. “The Georgia State Patrol gets ahead of that and does a rolling road closure for his motorcade to go through.”

From there, the motor- cade is expected to travel to the Georgia World Congress Center, where the president

will launch the Black Voices for Trump Coalition initia- tive at 3 p.m.

“The bull’s-eye is on the Downtown Connector,” Frasca said. “I-75/85 north- and southbound will be impacted just at the beginning of the afternoon rush hour, so that’s going to be a mess. Folks need to avoid downtown.”

There could also be delays on surface streets as one group plans to protest. The group is encouraging protesters to meet at the Centennial Olympic Park amphi- theater at 2 p.m., ahead of Trump’s arrival.

Vice President Mike Pence is also set to address the crowd at the conven- tion center. Details about Pence’s arrival have not been released.

More road closures are expected when the motorcade leaves downtown At l anta a nd heads b ack toward Dobbins. The exact route the president will take was not announced.

Frasca suggested that those going home to Cobb County after work today should use the express lanes and avoid I-75 North. In all, there is the potential for four to six different periods of road closures over several hours today, traffic reporter Doug Turnbull said. Travel inside I-285 will be especially rough from the lunch hour through the afternoon drive.

“This confluence of dual motorcades and the normal Friday grind makes this Friday a great day to telework or take MARTA,” he said.