White House Covers North Portico in Tarps for Column Repairs as $13 Million Helipad Work Expands
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Updated · Forbes · Jul 9
White House Covers North Portico in Tarps for Column Repairs as $13 Million Helipad Work Expands
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jul 9
Summary
Large printed tarps went up Thursday over the White House’s North Portico, hiding scaffolding as crews carry out what officials called standard restoration work on damaged stone columns.
Doug Burgum said the repairs should finish quickly, while Trump said workers had stripped about 150 years of paint from columns he described as being in very bad shape.
$13 million in accelerated helipad work is also underway on the South Lawn, with contractor records showing an added $875,000 tied to an upcoming state visit expected to be Xi Jinping’s in September.
The portico project is part of a broader Trump building push that includes a $600 million White House ballroom and 18 major Washington projects estimated to cost $1.2 billion.