Trump to unveil $22 billion plan to remake Washington Dulles airport: Reuters
The overhaul would replace the airport’s unpopular people movers and add four new concourses, with United Airlines handling about 70% of traffic.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump plans to unveil a $22.5 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport, scrapping the unpopular mobile lounges colloquially called "people movers."
- Trump has frequently criticized Dulles as a "terrible airport" that "was incorrectly designed," citing frustrations with remote parking and the "jet fuel smell in the concourses."
- Under the Trump-backed concept, United Airlines will contract for the new build, which includes four new linear concourses and an underground U-shaped aerotrain preserving the iconic sloped-roof main terminal.
- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will issue tax-free bonds to finance the project, with United repaying costs through airport operations while separate partnerships develop land-side infrastructure.
- This initiative follows recent capital projects including the White House East Wing and Kennedy Center renovations, selected from roughly 30 design proposals reviewed by Trump earlier this year.
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The Toronto Star
Trump is set to announce a $22B makeover of Dulles airport that will eliminate the ‘people movers’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected Wednesday to announce a $22 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport that will end the use of the widely disliked “people movers," the mobile lounges that have been used for decades…
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Trump is set to announce a $22B makeover of Dulles airport that will eliminate the 'people movers'
President Donald Trump is eyeing a new Washington-area landmark for one of his makeovers. The Republican president on Wednesday is set to announce a $22 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.
Trump to unveil Dulles airport makeover after demanding 3D models for review
President Donald Trump demanded firms competing for contract brought 3D miniatures of their designs for his perusal, allowing him to ‘better picture’ their vision and make his own suggestions, according to a report
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