"Three months ago, the Trump administration broke ground on its highly controversial plans to add a sprawling ballroom to the White House's East Wing."
"A source with knowledge of the matter told CNN that the new bunker will be "replaced with new technology to counter evolving threats.""
"White House director of management and administration Joshua Fisher told reporters that the administration is making "necessary security enhancements," and delivering "resilient, adaptive infrastructure aligned with future mission needs" with its plans for the ballroom."
""There are some things regarding this project that are, frankly, of top-secret nature that we are currently working on," he added, as quoted by CNN. "That does not preclude us from changing the above-grade structure, but that work needed to be considered when doing this project, which was not part of the [National Capital Planning Commission] process.""
Construction began three months ago on a proposed sprawling ballroom addition to the White House East Wing, funded by the State Department with an estimated $400 million price tag. The project has attracted congressional inquiries, lawsuits, and a preservation group's effort to halt construction, with a federal judge set to weigh the challenge. The build required removal of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, a bunker built after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Plans call for reconstructing an underground shelter with updated technology to counter evolving threats. Officials describe the work as necessary security enhancements, noting some elements remain top-secret given national security concerns.
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