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In the three weeks since the federal law enforcement surge in D.C. started, President Donald Trump has frequently criticized the city鈥檚 infrastructure, particularly its roads and medians, and is promising to fix it.
Mayor Muriel Bowser, though, said the city has made significant strides in upgrading its local roads and alleys over the last decade.
In the Oval Office on Monday, while signing an executive order about cashless bail, Trump said D.C. streets have been 鈥渟wept immaculate, but they鈥檙e going to be much better in few months, when we put a topping on, they鈥檙e going to look brand new.鈥�
Trump鈥檚 comments about D.C. roads come about five months after his late March executive order aimed at making D.C. safe and beautiful. The order called for a 鈥渃oordinated beautification plan鈥� for federal and local roads in and around D.C. It included plans for a coordinated federal and local approach to ensure roads stay clean.
But in the last decade, according to city data, D.C. has repaved over 850 miles of roads and almost 400 miles of sidewalks.
鈥淚 have had a significant effort on improving infrastructure, especially alleys, local streets, trees, lights throughout the District,鈥� Bowser said during a news conference Wednesday.
Over half of all local roads and alleys were in poor or fair condition in 2015, the city said. Currently, 79% of local streets are in good or excellent condition, and 87% of alleys are in excellent or good condition.
On Monday, Trump said the administration will 鈥済et rid of those rusty old medians that have been crashed into 1,000 times, and they don鈥檛 fix them. They just 鈥� lay them down on the road, and they sit there for months. But we don鈥檛 do that.鈥�
During remarks on Friday, Trump said Clark Construction has been picked to help with plans to beautify the city. He鈥檚 seeking $2 billion from Congress to fund that.
While the details are unclear, Bowser said the city 鈥渨ill be supportive of the president鈥檚 $2 billion request to improve infrastructure, especially federal infrastructure, in the District.鈥�
Bowser described her Wednesday conversation with Trump as a 鈥渧ery high-level conversation.鈥�
As for whether infrastructure was discussed, Bowser said, 鈥淚 wouldn鈥檛 say it鈥檚 any different than what he鈥檚 already said about roads, medians and grass.鈥�
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