A senior White House official on Friday said President Trump's request to reopen Alcatraz at a reported $2 billion price tag seems "excessive."

The figure “sounds excessive, but ultimately it’s up to the President to decide,” the official told NewsNation, The Hill's sister station.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured the island that houses the complex in San Francisco Bay on Thursday to evaluate the state of the former maximum security prison, which was closed in 1963.

“We're still in the early stages," one administration official told Axios.

"We need a lot more study, a lot more specificity, before the president decides," they said. "But $2 billion might just be too much money for him."

The Trump administration has not confirmed that the project costs.

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