美国总统唐纳德·特朗普修建巨型拱门的计划似乎正在推进，此前一个联邦咨询委员会终止了关于如何处理这座250英尺高的建筑对附近历史遗迹可能产生影响的会谈。
US President Donald Trump's plans for building a massive arch appear to be moving ahead, after a federal advisory council terminated talks on how to handle the 250-foot structure's possible effects on nearby historic sites.
该委员会由特朗普任命的官员领导，于周四宣布结束对该项目的必经磋商，称华盛顿和弗吉尼亚州的历史保护官员拒绝签署减少损害计划。预计该工程本月就会开工，但反对声音一直在增加。
The council, led by Trump appointees, announced on Thursday it was ending required consultations on the project, saying historic preservation officers from Washington and Virginia had refused to sign off on harm-mitigation plans.
周五，民主党参议员塔米·达克沃斯严厉批评将该拱门用于防御的计划是“愚蠢的”，并称其为“又一个特朗普的虚荣项目”。
Construction was already expected to begin this month, but opposition has been growing. On Friday, Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth blasted plans to use the arch for defence as "foolhardy" and called it "yet another Trump vanity project".
本周早些时候，特朗普宣布这座拟建的“凯旋门”将兼作军事装备储藏综合体，并具备从屋顶和广场部署狙击手与无人机的功能。
Earlier this week Trump announced that the proposed "Triumphal Arch" would double as a complex to store military equipment, complete with the ability to deploy snipers and drones from the roof and plaza.
在致五角大楼和联邦航空管理局（FAA）的一封信中，达克沃斯表示，他们“必须拒绝这一愚蠢的计划，转而集中精力提高领空安全”。
Earlier this week Trump announced that the proposed "Triumphal Arch" would double as a complex to store military equipment, complete with the ability to deploy snipers and drones from the roof and plaza.
该拱门将建在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿国家公墓外，距离罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场约4英里（6公里），该机场曾发生2025年军用直升机与商业客机在空中相撞的致命事故。
In a letter to the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Duckworth said they "must reject this foolhardy plan and instead focus on increasing the safety of the airspace".
“美国人民无法承受目睹特朗普将一座250英尺（72米）高的建筑放置在繁忙进近航线上的危险计划，特别是如果他兑现了在拱门上部署狙击手和飞行无人机的计划，”达克沃斯在BBC美国合作伙伴CBS新闻获取的信件中写道。
The arch is to be built just outside Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, and about 4mi (6km) from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the site of the deadly 2025 midair crash between a military helicopter and commercial plane. "The American people cannot afford to stand witness to Trump's risky plan to place a 250-foot (72m) structure along a busy approach path, especially if he follows through on plans to station snipers on the arch and fly drones," Duckworth wrote in the letter, which was obtained by the BBC's US partner, CBS News.
然而，联邦航空局上周裁定，这座宏伟的建筑不会对进出该机场的航班构成风险。
"The American people cannot afford to stand witness to Trump's risky plan to place a 250-foot (72m) structure along a busy approach path, especially if he follows through on plans to station snipers on the arch and fly drones," Duckworth wrote in the letter, which was obtained by the BBC's US partner, CBS News.
周四，由特朗普任命的官员领导的历史保护咨询委员会宣布，将结束与当地官员关于该建筑可能如何影响该地区42处历史财产的必要磋商。
The FAA, however, ruled last week that the massive structure would not pose a risk to flights coming into and out of the airport.
委员会在公告中表示，负责管理联邦文物保护设施的国家公园管理局（National Park Service）已经提出了一项计划，旨在减轻该项目可能对这些文物保护设施造成的损害。然而，当地的历史保护官员对“凯旋拱门”（Triumphal Arch）的建设目的及必要性表示担忧；他们还质疑该管理局是否充分识别了可能存在的危害，并是否制定了足够的措施来应对这些危害。
On Thursday, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, led by Trump appointees, announced it was ending required consultations with local officials about how the structure might affect 42 historic properties in the area. The council said in the announcement that the National Park Service, which oversees federal landmarks, had proposed a plan for mitigating potential harms to those properties, but local historic preservation officers "raised concerns with the purpose and need of the Triumphal Arch". They also questioned whether the service had adequately identified possible harms and planned sufficient actions to address them.
根据相关规定，联邦官员与州官员无需就项目的危害缓解方案达成一致；如果双方无法达成共识，相关协商可以随时终止。委员会预计将于下月初提交关于整个协商过程的最终报告。
Federal and state officials are not required to reach an agreement on a project's harm-mitigation plans, and those consultations are allowed to be terminated if both sides can't agree. The council expects to submit a final report on the process early next month.
与此同时，来自弗吉尼亚州的民主党众议员唐·贝耶（Don Beyer）表示，该拱门建设地点的挖掘工作已经正式启动。作为国会中反对该项目的代表人物，贝耶在周四视察现场时发现工人们正在操作重型设备，他们称这些工作属于“考古调查”，目的是评估土壤的成分。贝耶认为这一情况“令人深感担忧”，特别是因为根据相关规定，政府在开始任何施工活动前必须提前48小时通知相关方。
Federal and state officials are not required to reach an agreement on a project's harm-mitigation plans, and those consultations are allowed to be terminated if both sides can't agree. The council expects to submit a final report on the process early next month. Meanwhile, Democratic Virginia Congressman Don Beyer says excavation work on the site where the arch will stand has already begun. Beyer, who is leading congressional opposition to the arch, said he found workers operating heavy equipment when he visited the site on Thursday who told him they were "conducting archaeological work to evaluate the composition of the soil".
贝耶写道：“政府似乎仍在继续推进该项目的建设，而实际上他们尚未完成了解该项目可能带来的后果所需的基本准备工作。”
That is "deeply troubling", Beyer said, particularly because the administration is required to give 48 hours notice before work can begin.
今年早些时候公布的该项目设计图显示：拱门顶部将矗立着一尊金色的、带有翅膀的自由女神像；两侧则各有一只金色的鹰；拱门的两侧还用金色字体刻着“One Nation Under God”（在上帝庇佑下的统一国家）以及“Liberty and Justice for All”（自由与正义属于所有人）这两句口号。
"The Administration appears to be pushing ahead with activity at the site even while it still has not done the basic work necessary to understand the consequences of this project," Beyer wrote. A rendering of the design from earlier this year includes a golden, winged Lady Liberty on the top of the arch, flanked by two gold eagles, and with the phrases "One Nation Under God" and "Liberty and Justice for All" inscribed in gold on either side of the structure.