NEW: Columbus Circle at DC’s Union Station Completely Restored and Fountain Reopened – Sec. Duffy Announces $465 MILLION Grant to Rejuvenate Union Station

For the first time in nearly two decades, the Columbus Fountain in front of Washington, DC’s Union Station is flowing thanks to the Trump Administration’s efforts to beautify the Capital.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also announced during a ceremony at Columbus Circle that the Department of Transportation is giving a $465 million grant to rejuvenate the train station.

“It’s going to fast track critical structural repairs to this building, things like a roof,” Duffy announced, adding that it will be used to “fix the roof, enhance the passenger concourses, the Amtrak lounge, and the ticketing experience.”

“We’re going to maximize the station’s revenue potential with retail, with parking, with office spaces, with digital signage, and a lot more. We’re going to improve security, and we’re going to invest in family-friendly infrastructure,” he added.

In our effort to follow the President’s call to make DC beautiful and great again, we are announcing that we are giving a grant from DOT to Union Station for $465 million. It’s going to fast track critical structural repairs to this building, things like a roof. We can’t have leaks in our Union Station roof, so we’re going to fix the roof, enhance the passenger concourses, the Amtrak lounge, and the ticketing experience. We’re going to maximize the station’s revenue potential with retail, with parking, with office spaces, with digital signage, and a lot more. We’re going to improve security, and we’re going to invest in family-friendly infrastructure.

The beautiful fountain is replacing the tarnished, homelessness-infested dump that had been there for years.

Happening now: Columbus Circle at Union Station is completely restored as part of Trump’s effort to make “DC Safe and Beautiful.”

Secretary Burgum and Secretary Duffy are here to cut the ribbon for the official reopening.pic.twitter.com/nJX42Syw7d

— Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_)May 28, 2026

Secretary Duffy and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the restored fountain on Thursday morning.

Source: The Gateway Pundit