Atlas Arteria announced that it has received approvals for both the East End and West End projects to alleviate congestion points on the Dulles Greenway: A signed work permit from Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has been received in relation to Phase 2 of the Dulles Toll Road Connector Project. A project agreement has been executed with Loudoun County and the Town of Leesburg for the design and construction of improvements to the Virginia Route 7/U.S. Route 15 Bypass at the Greenway's western terminus in the Town of Leesburg (West End works). This approval from MWAA was the final planning permit required to commence Phase 2. Phase 1 is well underway and is on track to be completed in late 2019. Phase 2 involves widening the roadway along the Dulles Greenway /DTR merge point through to the Centerville Rd exit on the DTR. It will take this section of the road from 4 to 5 lanes, further alleviating morning peak congestion and providing a safer merge of Dulles Greenway, DTR, and Dulles International Airport traffic flows. Having now received the final planning permit, Atlas Arteria expects the project will be completed in 2020. The total project cost is anticipated to be around USD 18 million. Designated a Special Improvement Project, the total project cost can be funded out of the Greenway's business cashflows and does not affect the lock-up tests. The Greenway, Loudoun County, the Town of Leesburg and the Virginia Department of Transportation have collaborated on preliminary planning for an expansion of the Virginia Route 7/U.S. Route 15 Bypass for the purpose of alleviating congestion and improving traffic safety at the Greenway's western terminus in the Town of Leesburg. The project consists principally of an expanded third westbound lane on the Bypass approximately 0.5 miles in length beginning at the merge point of the existing westbound Greenway exit ramp, with elated improvements to the Bypass exit ramp to northbound King Street. Based on preliminary project traffic modelling undertaken by independent external consultants, this bypass is expected to deliver material travel time savings on the westbound Greenway, which could be in the order of 7-8 minutes measured from a point around 600m east of the Battlefield Parkway bridge overpass to a point just west of the on-ramp from King Street onto the westbound Leesburg Bypass. The project will be undertaken in two phases: an initial design phase and, upon confirmation of total Project costs, a final design and construction phase. In total, the expected project duration is 2.0 years to 2.5 years to completion. On the basis of planning-level concept plans developed to date, the total cost of this project is expected to be approximately USD6 million, with Loudoun County and the Greenway bearing the project cost equally, subject to a USD 3 million cap on the County's total obligation.