Reflecting Pool Work Continues After Trump Says Repairs Are 100% Complete
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 7
Reflecting Pool Work Continues After Trump Says Repairs Are 100% Complete
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 7
Summary
Workers were still spraying material inside the Reflecting Pool on Wednesday, and center-drain grates were not yet installed, a day after Trump said the renovation was “totally complete.”
Trump said the pool would be refilled this week and that old pipes had been replaced, but it was not immediately clear on site whether the pipe work had been done.
Atlantic Industrial Coatings, which received a no-bid contract for the project, said on Monday that all warranty repairs had been finished by Oct. 2.
The second round of repairs followed a peeling “American flag blue” coating that the Justice Department called the result of a rushed, botched installation after the administration had initially blamed vandalism.
That earlier vandalism case collapsed in July, and on Oct. 1 a judge barred prosecutors from refiling charges against former Olympian David Hearn.