[note 1][2][3] Nevertheless, since 1999 there was the intent to convert into a dual carriageway the section of IC2 expressway that bypasses the city of Leiria.

In 2007, the Portuguese government decided to move forward with the enlargement of IC2 in Leiria and with the construction of Batalha bypass.

Although nowadays, an average of 10,900 vehicles travel each day on A19, in practice this motorway consists of two very distinct sections in terms of traffic levels.

On the other hand, the tolled section (the Batalha bypass proper) has been registering traffic levels below expectation.

In 2016 the sum of the toll revenues collected in A19 and in the last section of A8 were nearly €3 million, which allowed the Portuguese government to cover 2% of the expenditures it had on that year with Litoral Oeste sub-concession.