Devolution's Impact on Fairfax Property Taxes

The Potomac Almanac today has an article, "Fairfax to Richmond: Do Us No Harm," discussing the issues in "devolution" of funding for the maintenance and repair of county roads as viewed by local legislators.  The article covers a variety of issues related to devolution, but the money quote (literally) is the following:

Tom Biesiadny, director of Fairfax County’s Department of Transportation, estimated that Fairfax County would have to make a one-time investment of up to $208 million to take local control of local roads, which would mean a property tax increase of about $479 for the average household.

 Click on the article title above for the very good full article.