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Police to shutter nation’s major highways as backup for Trump’s helicopters
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice intend to close Route 1, the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, from about noon, shortly before US President Donald Trump lands at Ben Gurion Airport for his 28-hour visit to the country.
Asked by reporters why the road closure is necessary if Trump is expected to take a helicopter from Ben Gurion to Jerusalem, Deputy Commissioner Alon Levavi explains that the highway is the backup plan if something goes wrong with the fleet of helicopters standing by to carry the president.
Route 6, the main north-south highway in the country’s center, is also slated to be closed to traffic going in both directions from Nahshonim to Nesharim junctions.
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