AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Trump unveils $22.5 billion plan to rebuild Dulles Airport, scrap its notorious mobile lounges
President Trump is preparing to announce a sweeping $22.5 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport that would eliminate the facility's widely loathed "people mover" mobile lounges, a system passengers have endured since 1962. Trump reviewed three-dimensional models from competing design and engineering firms earlier this year and personally edited proposals during charrettes hosted inside […] The post Trump unveils $22.5 billion plan to rebuild Dulles Airport, scrap its notorious mobile lounges appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump is preparing to announce a sweeping $22.5 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport that would eliminate the facility's widely loathed "people mover" mobile lounges, a system passengers have endured since 1962. Trump reviewed three-dimensional models from competing design and engineering firms earlier this year and personally edited proposals during charrettes hosted inside the Oval Office, CBS News reported . He called advisers by phone with suggestions, rejected designs he found impractical, and settled on a concept that builds on the airport's existing infrastructure rather than starting from scratch. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to join Trump for a formal announcement from the…Open