Dulles Toll Road Rates Rise Again Tuesday
As scheduled, tolls on the on/off ramps and at main plaza to rise by 25 cents.
The cost of driving on the Dulles Toll Road is about to rise again on Tuesday. Beginning Jan. 1, the toll rate on the Dulles Toll Road will increase by 25 cents at the Main Toll Plaza to $1.75. Toll rates on the on/off ramps will increase by 25 cents to $1. These amounts were previously set in a November hearing, but the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has deferred making a decision on tolls for 2015. There will be an additional increase in January 2014 to $2.50 at the main plaza. The toll increases are necessary, in part, for the Airports Authority to operate and maintain the Dulles Toll Road and to construct the Metrorail Silver Line, which will begin operating in Dec. 2013. While Phase 1 of the Silver Line is being built …
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Jonathan Erickson
9:19 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
I think a 2.1% gas tax equal 17 million if you double it and it goes rto the MWAA in 2018/2019 that 34 million dollars there. 18 million dollars for maintenance and 14 million for operation costs plus the tolls talk about a cash cow this is a cash cow herd! more ›