"What we don't want to do is create the illusion for people that is likely to stay open," he says. Litterst says based on the crowds the Tidal Basin saw last year, he expects NPS will end up closing the site. Memorial, and several of the surrounding roads and parking lots will be closed to cars and pedestrians. Should crowds become too large, the Tidal Basin walking trail, the Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. "It's an eyeball test to see when there are simply too many people down there." Park Police and NPS will be monitoring the Tidal Basin for crowds, Litterst says.
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The NPS will update specific closure times on its website and social media accounts. "We will keep everything open as long as we can until crowds get to the point where they can't properly social distance and we have to put in restrictions and closures," NPS spokesperson Mike Litterst tells DCist/WAMU.Īccording to a statement issued by NPS on Tuesday, the agency is projecting that if crowds get too large, the closures will occur between March 26 and April 12, but will be dependent on the "bloom cycles" of the trees. The National Park Service may close the Tidal Basin and surrounding streets during the peak cherry blossom bloom period this year, in compliance with public health guidelines to prevent COVID-19 spread. The cherry blossoms at dawn, just before officially hitting peak bloom on April 1 in 2019.
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