Some longtime vacationers on Martha's Vineyard are complaining that the raised al-Qaida threat could mean increased security and traffic jams when the Obamas arrive on the island this weekend, the Daily News reports.
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The first family arrives this Saturday and in order to protect the President, Secret Service is proposing shutting down a main road that leads to the home where the family will stay from August 10-18, according to the Martha's Vineyard Gazette.
Apart from residents who live on the road and emergency personnel, drivers will be diverted to a dirt road.
Local leaders are calling the diversion "very disruptive" and a "terrible mistake."
Selectman Warren Doty said the island has been happy to welcome the first family in the past, but this proposal marks a drastic change.
For their three previous Vineyard vacations, the Obamas stayed at Blue Heron Farm — a property that is located in a secluded area.
That expansive home has since been sold and now the Obamas will stay at the $7.6 million home belonging to Chicago financier David Schulte.
Read more at the Daily News.
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