The project to construct a memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower officially broke ground on Thursday, Nov. 2, Washington Business Journal reported. The monument has been debated over more for than a decade and will cost $150 million. 

The monument to honor the 34th U.S. president will cover 4 acres of space around Independence Avenue, Fourth Street SW, Sixth Street SW and the Department of Education Headquarters in Capitol Hill. The National Capital Planning Commission granted final approval to the project on Oct. 5. 

Photo Courtesy of Eisenhower Memorial

The memorial, designed by Frank Gehry, has gone through multiple design changes. According to Washington Business Journal, the Eisenhower family supported the project in 2016, when a metal tapestry mural of the cliffs of Normandy was added to the design, as well as a quote honoring Eisenhower’s youth in Kansas: “The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene.”

According to the journal, the memorial enough of its necessary funding to get started — $45 million from the 2017 omnibus fiscal spending bill, which is a little more than half of the $84 million in federal funding the memorial commission estimates it needs. The commission is expected to request the additional funding in the fiscal year 2018.

The group also claims it has made over half of its $25 million private fundraising goal, the journal said. If all goes according to plan, the memorial will open in 2020.