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

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.