MWAA opens public comment period on proposed doubling of tolls on Dulles Toll Road

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) operator of the Dulles Toll Road since October 2009 has a 30 day public comment period running down on a decision to double typical ramp+mainline tolls for cars:

now: $2.25

2013: $2.75

2014: $3.50

2015: $4.50

The average trip on the tollroad is about 10 miles long so the tolls go from around 22c/mile to around 45c/mile.

MWAA says Informational exhibits, including an “On-Line Open House,” are now available at www.mwaa.com/tollroad

Three public meetings are scheduled.

The three year staging of the toll increase is a concession to critics. It had previously been planned as a single jump.

MWAA needs the extra revenue to support a financing plan for construction of a $5.5b to $6b passenger rail line in the corridor. According to all the forecasts mass transit will continue to be provided by cars.

TOLLROADSnews 2012-08-17