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.

The Trump administration has announced that it is planning to start excavation work on a memorial arch in Washington over the next two weeks

"We are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary for the Great Triumphal Arch," the secretary of the interior said.