Huge Road Repair Bill Predicted For Army Anniversary Parade On Trump's Birthday
The military parade planned to mark the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary — which falls on President Donald Trump's 79th birthday on June 14 — could leave Washington, D.C., facing up to $16 million in street repairs, U.S. military officials have acknowledged.
Heavy tanks are planned to roll through parts of the city.
The damage they're expected to rout on roads could make up more than a third of the parade's total estimated upper cost of $45 million, reported NBC News.
Steel plates, at least an inch thick, will be positioned at key tank turning points along the parade route while some of the tanks will have new track pads in a bid to minimize disruption, reported NBC News.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed her concern over the potential damage that could be caused by the tanks.
'These are, for the most part, local streets, and if they're rendered in unusable, we have to make them usable,' she said last month.
But Trump has defended the spectacle ― which will reportedly include the U.S. Army Golden Knights team parachuting in to present him with a flag ― and claimed the cost is 'peanuts compared to the value of doing it.'
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