Trump's $13 Million Reflecting Pool Renovation Trails May 22 Deadline

7 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 12

Only 35% of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool had been fully coated as of Sunday, while replacement of leaking slab joints was still 0% complete with 12 days left before the May 22 deadline.
More than $13 million is now tied to the project, up from Trump's initial $1.8 million estimate, as Interior Department staff questioned both the pace of work and the quality of the blue coating.
Atlantic Industrial Coatings won the April 3 contract to reseal joints and waterproof the 2,000-foot pool floor, but the plan does not fix faulty filtration plumbing that experts say could allow algae to return.
The renovation targets a pool that still leaks 16 million gallons a year and has suffered recurring green algae blooms despite a separate $35 million Obama-era overhaul completed in 2012.

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