A US federal judge blocks construction of Donald Trump's triumphal arch project.
A U.S. federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project on Friday, issuing a 14-day restraining order to pause construction. This decision followed a vote by the National Capital Planning Commission, which had approved the 250-foot-tall monument. The proposed arch would be located near the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
- The National Capital Planning Commission voted 8 to 4 in favor of the project.
- The proposed arch would be 250-foot tall.
- The Trump administration intends to begin work on the project after receiving commission approval.
- Donald Trump announced plans to build a triumphal arch in Washington last April.
- The triumphal arch is planned for a central location in the capital near the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
- The arch would stand more than 24m taller than the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- The state of Virginia and the District of Columbia sued the National Park Service and the department of the interior.
- U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued the temporary restraining order.
- Some estimates for the project cost have reached as high as $100 million.
- The federal planning commission for the capital approved the monument after a nine-hour hearing.
- Representative Jared Huffman called the proposed arch ill-advised and illegal.
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