President Barack Obama will make an appearance in Houston, at the NAACP National Conference on Thursday, July 12, 2012. The conference is being held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Downtown Houston.

Governor Mitt Romney will also appear at the Conference, addressing the group one day earlier on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

These appearances will affect traffic in the area. President Obama’s address is anticipated in the late morning or early afternoon though an exact time is still to be determined. Though his route is not known, it can be expected that the President would be coming to downtown from Ellington Field via I-45, the South Freeway.

It is not yet known at what time Governor Romney will speak at the convention nor what his planned travel agenda is.