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Judge complicates construction timeline on Trump's memorial arch project with multiple deadlines

The Independent·Gary Fields·8 days ago
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A judge on Monday complicated President Donald Trump’s efforts to plow forward on construction of a memorial arch, setting multiple notification deadlines before any work can begin.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration plans, said she must be told of any decision by the National Capital Planning Commission within an hour. The order set the same time limits for any decision by the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior.

All three are part of a process the administration laid out in notifying the court of its plans Oct. 28 pending approval Nov. 5 of the construction by the National Capital Planning Commission. The government’s notice said construction could begin once that approval was finished, the Interior Department issued a final decision authorizing construction and the proper notification was published.…

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