作者：赖安妮·卢默（Riane Lumer）
3小时前
发布于 2026年3月14日，美国东部时间下午4:29
概念图展示了拟议中的白宫地下访客中心入口外观。
美国国家首都规划委员会（NCPC）
白宫正计划建造一座占地33,000平方英尺的大型地下安全安检设施，作为总统唐纳德·特朗普改造白宫园区整体计划的一部分。
根据周五提交给负责审批联邦土地和建筑项目的美国国家首都规划委员会的规划，新的七车道入口将要求访客和参观团在进入园区参加游览或活动前，需从附近公园下方穿行。
该提案将在4月2日美国国家首都规划委员会会议上讨论，委员会暂定议程显示。委员会主席威尔·沙夫（Will Scharf）同时担任特朗普的白宫幕僚长。
新设施将建在旧东翼的原址上，该东翼于去年秋季突然被拆除，为特朗普宣称的“遗产项目”中计划建造的90,000平方英尺宴会厅腾出空间。即将召开的NCPC会议还将对拟议中的宴会厅进行投票。
数十年来，关于建造地下安检综合体的讨论从未停止。2001年“9·11”恐怖袭击后，美国国家公园管理局开始进行相关研究。尽管美国国会大厦也增设了类似结构，但由于缺乏为这一庞大项目提供资金的意愿，在白宫建造同类设施的多次尝试均被搁置。
一位知情人士向CNN透露，这些计划“被国会、特勤局和白宫反复否决”。
“我们负担不起，没人愿意接手，内政部也不会批准，”该人士表示。
取而代之的是，所有访客将通过拖车式临时建筑进入，这是他们对“人民之家”的第一印象。
美国联合通讯社率先报道了政府最新的改造计划。
访客将在白宫东南侧下车，接受门票和身份证件检查，然后通过坡道进入拟议中的5,000平方英尺下沉式广场排队，以减少拥堵和等待时间。
位于公园中心的内战将军威廉·特库姆塞·谢尔曼纪念碑将“原地保护”，规划文件称。
白宫计划中提到：“永久性设施将加强园区安全并提升整体访客体验。拟议建筑的大部分位于地下。”
拆除工作开始前，访客办公室和游览入口位于东翼，访客通过镶木板的入口进入访客大厅，然后沿东柱廊前行。现在，访客需在宾夕法尼亚大道白宫附近的拉斐特公园外排队等候。
白宫表示，场地准备工作最早将于8月开始，目标是在2028年7月前开放该设施，比特朗普第二任期结束提前6个月。
尽管特朗普称宴会厅项目将完全由私人捐赠资助，但自去年7月首次宣布以来，其造价已从2亿美元稳步攀升至3亿、最终达到4亿美元。
由于收到超过32,000条公众反对意见，特朗普的宴会厅项目审批被推迟。
美国有线电视新闻网已联系白宫请求置评。
美国有线电视新闻网的贝琪·克莱因（Betsy Klein）、萨曼莎·沃尔登伯格（Samantha Waldenberg）和凯文·利普塔克（Kevin Liptak）对本文亦有贡献
Trump seeks to replace White House visitor screening center with underground facility | CNN Politics
By Riane Lumer
3 hr ago
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2026, 4:29 PM ET
Concept photo shows what entrance to proposed underground White House visitor’s center would look like.
NCPC
The White House is planning to build a sprawling 33,000-square-foot underground security screening facility for visitors, part of a larger renovation effort in President Donald Trump’s makeover of the campus.
The new seven-lane entrance would require visitors and tour groups to pass under a nearby park before accessing the grounds for tours or events, according to plans sent Friday to the National Capital Planning Commission, which is responsible for approving construction for federal land and buildings.
The proposal will be discussed at the NCPC’s April 2 meeting, according to the commission’s tentative agenda. Will Scharf, chairman of the commission, also serves as Trump’s staff secretary.
The new facility would be built on the site of the old East Wing, which was suddenly demolished last fall to make way for an planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom as part of Trump’s proclaimed “legacy project.” The upcoming NCPC meeting will also include a vote on the proposed ballroom.
There have been discussions about building an underground screening complex for decades. The National Park Service began conducting studies to do so after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. But even though a similar structure was added at the US Capitol, multiple efforts to build the White House iteration were shut down due to a lack of appetite for funding the massive project.
Those plans, one source familiar with the matter told CNN, were “just shot down left and right” by Congress, the Secret Service, and the White House.
“Can’t afford it, nobody would work on it, Department of Interior wouldn’t approve it,” the source said.
Instead, all visitors would enter through trailer-like structures, their first view into the People’s House.
The Associated Press first reported the latest renovation plans by the administration.
Visitors would arrive just southeast of the White House to have their tickets and IDs checked and enter through a ramp and queue into a proposed 5,000-square-foot sunken plaza to minimize congested lines and wait times.
Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s monument, which stands at the center of the park, will be “protected in place,” the plans said.
“The permanent facility will strengthen campus security and enhance the overall visitor experience,” the White House’s plan says. A large portion of the proposed building is positioned below ground.
Before the demolition began, the visitor’s office and tour entrance were in the East Wing, where visitors walked through a wood-paneled entryway to the visitor lobby and proceeded along the East Colonnade. Now, visitors line up across Pennsylvania Avenue near Lafayette Park by the White House.
The White House said site preparations as early as August with a goal of opening the facility by July 2028, six months before the end of Trump’s second term.
While Trump said the ballroom project would be fully funded by private donations, the price has steadily climbed from $200 million to $300 million to now $400 million since he first announced it last July.
Approval for Trump’s ballroom was postponed after there were more than 32,000 comments from the public that were mostly against the construction.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.
CNN’s Betsy Klein, Samantha Waldenberg and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report