By Steve Contorno
A Northern Virginia Republican lawmaker joined a group of Democrats lobbying Gov. Bob McDonnell to provide more state funding for a new Metrorail line to Washington Dulles International Airport.
Sen. Dick Black, R-Leesburg, was among the Republican legislators who earlier this year defeated a Democratic proposal to increase state funding for the Silver Line. But he is now asking McDonnell for $200 million to ease pressure on Dulles Toll Road drivers, who are expected to provide most of the $6 billion rail line's funding.
"I'm concerned that the current financing plan will load commuters with such exorbitant tolls that it will force traffic from the Dulles Toll Road, resulting in increased congestion on all surrounding roads," Black wrote to McDonnell. . . .Click here to read the rest of this article.
It is extremely important to the future of Dulles tolls that financing of the the Silver Line becomes a bi-partisan issue for the state. Neither party will win supporters if they fail to help ease the huge increases anticipated in Dulles Toll Road charges.
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