00:02President Trump has unveiled another major renovation project in the Washington area.
00:07This time, it's Dulles International Airport.
00:10Trump on Wednesday announced a $22.5 billion plan to modernize and expand Dulles International Airport, which opened in 1962.
00:19The project would add or renovate more than 5 million square feet of space,
00:23including replacing the aging C and D concourses and building a 32,000-space parking garage closer to the terminals.
00:31It would also phase out the airport's familiar people movers,
00:34the mobile lounges that have shuttled passengers between the main terminal and gates for more than six decades.
00:40They would be replaced with a U-shaped passenger train, a central pedestrian tunnel, and additional moving walkways.
00:47Trump said the goal is to modernize the airport while preserving its famous main terminal.
00:53It's considered one of the worst airports anywhere in the world.
00:56We're going to make it maybe the best with some hard work and some good thought process,
01:01all the while preserving the iconic original terminal.
01:05That is one of the great architects of the world did the original terminal,
01:09and it was very, very important that it be left.
01:13Trump said some parts of the project will require congressional approval.
01:17Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said construction could begin as early as next year.
01:22spring, if lawmakers approved the plan.
01:24The Dulles project joins a growing list of high-profile construction plans backed by the president,
01:30including a new White House ballroom and a proposed triumphal arch near the Lincoln Memorial.
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