Excavation work on Trump's arch in Washington to begin over next 2 weeks, administration says

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Times reporter Emily Badger about the Trump administration's plans to move forward with construction of a triumphal arch.

The Trump administration announced that excavation work for Trump's Triumphal Arc at Memorial Circle in Washington will begin over the next two weeks.

Excavation work for the construction of President Donald Trump's "triumphal arch" will begin over the next two weeks, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced.

Project that critics say will disrupt historic sightlines in Washington DC is facing a lawsuit The Trump administration said on Thursday that excavation work will start over the next two weeks on the site where it plans to build a towering, gilded arch, a project that is facing a lawsuit and that critics say will disrupt historic sightlines in Washington DC. The proposed arch is one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing to leave his lasting imprint on Washington, including ren

The federal government plans to start excavation over the next two weeks on a massive triumphal arch near Washington, D.C., Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said, a controversial project championed by President Trump.

Excavation work for the 250-foot-tall monument could begin in the next two weeks, the Interior secretary said.

The federal government is preparing “over the next two weeks” to start work on President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch in the Washington, D.C. area, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Thursday. “We are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary for the Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck,” Burgum said…

Doug Burgum announced the start of excavation on the 250-foot Great Triumphal Arch in Washington, D.C., but a lawsuit challenges the project's authorization.

The Trump administration will begin preparing the Memorial Circle in front of the Arlington National Cemetery for President Donald Trump’s “Great Triumphal Arch” in the next two weeks, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced Thursday. “We are pleased to announce that after a very long wait (over 125 years!), we are preparing to start, over the […]