A fence will surround the U.S. Capitol for at least the next 30 days, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said today. The fencing follows an insurrection at the building on Wednesday, when President Trump supporters stormed through security and into Congressional chambers and offices in the hopes of halting the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s win.

The 7-foot-tall, “non-scalable” fence will go from Constitution Avenue to Independence Avenue and from First Avenue to near the pond in front of the Capitol.

Non-scalable fencing means the fence doesn’t have holes large enough to act as a foothold, though someone with strong upper-body strength could likely jump and pull themselves up and over the 7-foot fence. The main goal of the fence is to slow or deter people from entering the area.

A heavier presence from the D.C. National Guard, Virginia State Police, Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police was also seen Thursday morning as the fence was erected.

At a news conference with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday, McCarthy said officials began looking into getting fencing to surround the Capitol on Wednesday to create a more secure perimeter.

Bowser said officials need to investigate the security of the Capitol after it appeared the Capitol Police were unprepared for the assault. When asked about Capitol Police’s response yesterday, Bowser said that “obviously, it’s a failure.”

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee said it is launching a review into the police response to “yesterday’s coup attempt.”

“It is obvious that there was a severe systemic failure in securing the building’s perimeter and in the response once the building was breached,” House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Ryan (D-OH) said in a joint statement today.

Bowser said a more robust presence on the ground could’ve prevented insurrectionists from getting into the Capitol She’s also preparing for the idea that violent rallies and insurrections may not end after Joe Biden’s inauguration.

“That means a whole different level of policing” in D.C., Bowser said.

But some said the fencing is too little, too late. Several people tweeted that the Capitol Police force — not the lack of fencing — was the problem.

Others lamented that their safe commuting, running or biking routes would be disrupted by the change. D.C. resident Donatienne Ruy said she often uses the Capitol grounds as a place to meet up with friends in a safe way during the pandemic.

“[This] is a stark reminder D.C, residents have no say over their surroundings,” she wrote on Twitter. “Not to mention the mental stress/anxiety of seeing barriers everywhere.”

Brian McEntee, who goes by SharrowsDC on Twitter, summed up his thoughts in a thread that was shared widely. He said yesterday’s events “completely upends the entire psychic geography of this place.”

He criticized Capitol Police for their failures, and said USCP often scold people for going off a path or having a bottle opener on a keychain — yet insurrectionists were allowed to take over the Capitol.

“Fortress DC is, it turns out, a complete myth. and one that for the last 20 years we’ve been increasingly asked to put up with for… no reason at all?”

McEntee, like others, fears this will mean Capitol security will double down with wider perimeters, which will lead to less access and public space for visitors and residents.

Others on Twitter said the fencing will further the spectacle of “security theater.” Capitol Hill residents were also shaken about a vehicle that had rifles and bomb-making material in the neighborhood.

Corey Holman is an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner near Capitol Hill.

“To live our lives knowing the Capitol Police couldn’t or wouldn’t uphold their part of the implicit tradeoff between freedom and safety is just so jarring,” he said.

Holman said he expects the fence to remain much longer than a month and wonders what else the Capitol Police may try to do to secure the area.

“The big question for residents will be Independence and Constitution [Avenues], two roads that serve as major thoroughfares and bisect the Capitol complex,” he said.

This is the second tall fencing that has surrounded D.C. and the nation’s seats of power. The White House had a large fence erected around the entire complex during protests for racial justice following the death of George Floyd.