Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that cleanup from the weekend’s military parade will take several more days but that there is no damage to report so far to the city roads or infrastructure.
“We expect for them to clean up over several days,” Bowser said at a press conference, when asked about the status of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleanup efforts.
“When I say clean up, I mean move all of their equipment and fencing and jersey barriers. It will take many days, as I understand it,” she added.
Bowser said the city did not “at this point” have any necessary repairs to report.
The nation’s capital on Saturday was overtaken by the sight of tanks rolling down the street and Army helicopters buzzing in the sky for a military parade to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
The much talked about event, which also fell on President Trump’s 79th birthday, featured military vehicles and members of the Army marching down Constitution Avenue for a parade that had become a source of controversy in recent weeks. The event drew thousands of spectators despite the threat of rain.
Bowser said at the press conference on Monday that she has nothing significant to report about the event.
“From my vantage point, our public safety agencies and DPW [Department of Public Works] and DDOT [District Department of Transportation] performed very well in the support of the national special security event,” Bowser said. “I don’t think there’s anything remarkable about public safety incidents.”
“We had some First Amendment demonstrations that MPD supported to make sure that everybody was safe. And I think that happened without event,” she added.