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Friday, October 5, 2012

Advisory panel backs toll rate hike on Dulles Toll Road, Fairfax Times, October 5, 2012

by Kali Schumitz
 An advisory committee is recommending a series of toll increases on the Dulles Toll Road that will provide funding for the new Silver Line.
The Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee endorsed a 50-cent toll rate increase in January 2013, to $1.75 at the main plaza and $1 at the ramps. The committee also recommended a rate of $2.50 at the main plaza in 2014, keeping the ramp toll at $1, and a rate of $3 at the main plaza and $1.50 at the ramps in 2015.
The committee also asked that the 2015 toll rates be re-examined at a later date, before they go into effect. . . .
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The DCAC's endorsement undercuts the RCA Reston 2020 recommendation for a slower rate of toll growth over the next three years.  The slower growth rate would have been in line with RCA's goal of having toll road users pay only 25% of the cost of the line vice the current plan for them to pay 54% and 75% of any cost increases.

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