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Donald Trump’s luxury hotel at the Old Post Office building opens in a little bit more than a month, and advocates are fighting to figure out what kind of access the public will have to the plaza out front and the surrounding sidewalk and street when it does.

According to the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, Trump’s organization has been granted access to part of Pennsylvania Avenue, the public plaza out front, and a part of the sidewalk space.

“The turnover of these spaces creates a ‘buffer zone’ that appears to suppress or extinguish free speech in proximity to the building leased by Trump, restricting access to priority or exclusive use of the Trump Organization,” the group writes in a press release.

PCJF says it has sought clarification from the mayor’s office, the Metropolitan Police Department, General Services Administration, and National Park Service about the conditions of that access and what restrictions there might be for the public and free speech activities. After five months, though, they say they still haven’t heard back—and are suing both the District and federal governments for violating Freedom of Information Act statutes.

“The very bright light of the 2016 Presidential Campaign makes the stubborn refusal to comply with their legal obligations regarding public records disclosure under their respective Freedom of Information Acts deeply concerning,” the group wrote in the suit against the city government.

One lane of the historic street will stay open during festivals when it would otherwise be closed, according to The Washington Post, and Trump has been granted permission for an outdoor dining space on both Pennsylvania and C Street by the city government. According to PCJF’s suit against federal government agencies, there is also information that suggests the agencies “entered into an easement regarding the large plaza/national parkland surrounding the Benjamin Franklin statue which fronts the hotel” that could restrict free speech activity.

“The public spaces of Pennsylvania Avenue, including the sidewalks and plaza abutting the Trump Hotel, belong to the American people not to Donald Trump,” PCJF president Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard said in a release. “Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the most significant places in the United States for the exercise of free speech rights.” Indeed, groups opposed to Trump’s racist comments have already taken to the area around the hotel to demonstrate.

PCFJ also helped reach several settlements over tactics used against protesters during the 2002 demonstrations against International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings.