{"id":4187,"date":"2026-06-11T04:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:01:36","slug":"trumps-arch-construction-schedule-could-require-20-hours-per-day-year-round-nps-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4187","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s arch construction schedule could require ’20 hours per day, year-round,’ NPS report says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Construction for President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0triumphal arch\u00a0<\/u>will require an intense schedule in order to be completed within the targeted three years.<\/p>

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The National Park Service released a preliminary assessment on what it would take to complete this massive undertaking and estimated construction would need to take place “20 hours per day, year-round.”\u00a0<\/p>

This will impact road closures near the construction site.\u00a0<\/p>

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Dig deeper:<\/p>

Tower cranes up to 320 feet tall, forklifts, concrete pump systems and other equipment would be needed to build the arch.<\/p>

Work would occur year-round in two 10-hour shifts per day, the Park Service report said.<\/p>

The\u00a024-page assessment by NPS staff<\/u> was released last week as a part of a fast-tracked historic preservation review that began Friday.\u00a0<\/p>

Trump\u2019s triumphal arch\u00a0<\/h2>

The backstory:<\/p>

Preliminary surveys and testing of the arch site began last month, and other approvals are underway.\u00a0<\/p>

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts \u2014 which only oversees designs and has no role in the actual construction or funding of the arch or any other project it considers \u2014 has approved the arch\u2019s design.<\/p>

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The planned location for the arch is near the Lincoln Memorial, just across the Potomac River.\u00a0<\/p>

Renderings of the arch\u00a0<\/u>released in April feature golden accents on the behemoth monument, as well as a winged Lady Liberty atop it.\u00a0<\/p>

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FILE – Architectural renderings of Trump’s arch. (Harrison Design)<\/span> <\/p> <\/div><\/div>

The other side:<\/p>

Critics have argued that the arch would dominate the skyline and disrupt carefully designed views between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.\u00a0<\/p>

It would be more than twice as tall as the Lincoln Memorial, which is 99 feet (30 meters), and close to half the height of the Washington Monument, which is about 555 feet (169 meters).<\/p>

A group of veterans and a historian have sued the Trump administration in federal court to block the project over concerns about disruptions to the sightline.<\/p>

A cost estimate for the arch is still being calculated, but a mix of taxpayer and private funds is expected to pay for it.\u00a0<\/p>

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The National Park Service estimated that construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near the Lincoln Memorial could occur 20 hours per day, year-round in order to be completed in the next three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,5,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-j-trump","category-top-stories","category-washington-d-c"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump's arch construction schedule could require '20 hours per day, year-round,' NPS report says - Houston Moving Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump's arch construction schedule could require '20 hours per day, year-round,' NPS report says - Houston Moving Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Park Service estimated that construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near the Lincoln Memorial could occur 20 hours per day, year-round in order to be completed in the next three years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Houston Moving Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-11T04:01:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b4498fefd9972115d211c6cfd8d23bb1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"932\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"524\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4187#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4187\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba\"},\"headline\":\"Trump’s arch construction schedule could require ’20 hours per day, year-round,’ NPS report says\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-11T04:01:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4187\"},\"wordCount\":391,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4187#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b2866830671cb3ac7416989e36b786c6.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Donald J. 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