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countless participants and enduring numerous and varied forms of scrutiny. Lea+Elliott is proud to have been a part of this project since 2006, when the Airports Authority took the lead role on the project. “We have been fortunate to have Lea+Elliott participate in the Dulles Metrorail Extension as a member of the PMSS team. Their knowledge of the FTA’s New Starts process, their knowledge of transit systems and their experience with Dulles International Airport have provided the Airports Authority with outstanding resources which have greatly benefitted the project,” said Carnaggio. One of Lea+Elliott’s first tasks as a member of the Program Management Support Services (PMSS) team was to help the Airports Authority prepare the application to qualify as a Project Sponsor in the eyes of

Main Terminal at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia, designed by Eero Saarinen Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Efforts to secure approximately $1.9 billion in low-interest federal loans for Phase 2 got a major boost in late February when the U.S. Department of Transportation formally invited the Airports Authority to apply for a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan. The U.S. Department of Transportation is expected to render its decision later this year. Lea+Elliott Senior Associate Michele Jacobson, AICP is serving as the firm’s project manager for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project.

the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – a critical step towards obtaining federal transit funds. Once the Airports Authority was deemed by FTA as eligible to be the Project’s Sponsor, Lea+Elliott then helped to prepare the successful applications to obtain $900 million in New Starts funds and approval to enter Final Design of Phase 1. Since then, a team from Lea+Elliott has worked on both phases, under two successive PMSS contracts led by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

Washington D.C. Metrorail’s Tysons Corner Station Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

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