At the time of its inception in the 1990s and in the decades that followed, Leidsche Rijn was the largest Vinex location in the Netherlands.

Despite this division, the aforementioned neighborhoods are the largest in the municipality of Utrecht in terms of population with approximately 50,000 and 45,000 inhabitants, respectively.

This included the approximately 6,000 existing homes in the villages of De Meern, Vleuten, and Haarzuilens.

The biggest milestones in the development of Leidsche Rijn were, successively, After the relocation and covering of the A2 highway, the official go-ahead could be given for the construction of the Leidsche Rijn Centrum neighborhood on 20 June 2014, whose shopping center was opened on 16 May 2018 by the mayor, Jan van Zanen.

Smaller milestones (which are more contained in Leidsche Rijn itself) included: The oldest sub-locations within the area are Veldhuizen and Langerak.

New construction activities of any size will still take place in Leidsche Rijn Centrum and north of Vleuten.

This work near Utrecht coincided with a national project to widen and improve the A2 motorway.

In October 2018, the doubling of the number of tracks from two to four in the railroad between Utrecht and Woerden was completed.

The area of the districts Leidsche Rijn and Vleuten-De Meern, has two largely free bus lanes.