Dulles rail
DC Airports Authority gets award for bonding toll road tolls for rail from Bond Buyer
Posted on Wed, 2009-12-02 22:40Bond Buyer news gave their "Deal of the Year Award" to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) for using the revenues of the Dulles Toll Road to bond a metrorail transit line out to the airport and beyond into
sparsely settled Loudoun County.
Dulles Toll Road transfer to Airports Authority doubtful - supreme court decision
Posted on Fri, 2008-06-06 18:33
The proposed transfer of the Dulles Toll Road (DTR) from the control of Virginia DOT to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is in doubt following a court victory by opponents. The state supreme court in Richmond today in a 19 page opinion
overturned a lower court ruling that the transfer was protected from challenge by a doctrine of sovereign immunity.
Dulles Rail - erroneous claims made by rightwing rail promoter Paul Weyrich (ARGUMENT)
Posted on Mon, 2008-03-03 02:19
Paul Weyrich gets space in the Washington Post this morning (Mar 2 B08) with erroneous objections to road based transit in the Dulles Toll Road/Greenway corridor. Weyrich's claims are quoted in full followed by answers (A)
Virginia Supreme Court demolishes regional funding of transit and tolls
Posted on Sat, 2008-03-01 00:50The Virginia Supreme Court has blocked regional transportation funding powers legislated last year saying the
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) cannot be granted revenue raising powers reserved by the state constitution to the General Assembly or to directly elected bodies. This immediately invalidates another funding source previously relied on for the Dulles metrorail project planned in the median of the Dulles Toll Road.
US turndown of funding for Dulles Rail not really a surprise - COMMENTARY by Kenneth Orski
Posted on Tue, 2008-02-12 15:12by Kenneth Orski: Virginia Governor Tim Kaine is upset that the Federal Transit Administration turned down funding for Tysons-Dulles heavy rail. But the project had more red flags than a bull-fighting ring.
Feds say 'No Thanks' to invite to join $5 billion Dulles Rail boondoggle
Posted on Thu, 2008-01-24 18:24
Greenway. US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters told the Virginia governor Timothy Kaine and other northern Virginia politicians today in a meeting on Capitol Hill today. VA House speaker Howell denounces Dulles Rail as wasteful, useless
Posted on Wed, 2007-12-05 17:14
Virginia House speaker William Howell says the Dulles Rail project proposed for the median of the Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Greenway is an "incredible waste of money" and may actually worsen traffic conditions in northern Virginia by encouraging higher density development. Future ownership of the Dulles Toll Road is at stake in the controversy over the $5 billion rail project.
