toll financing

An agreement on financing the second half of a $6 billion+ Dulles rail line still relies heavily on huge projected profits at the Dulles Toll Road in northern Virginia.

Estimates presented by local planners suggest about $1.1 billion of highway and transit improvements can be financed with tolls on US422, a radial route going northwest out of the Philadelphia area. The capital is to be split about two-thirds highway upgrades, one third for a commuter rail service.

West Virginia's Department of Highways (WVDOH) publicizes the upgrade of US35 on the west side of Kanawha River to expressway standard as a project to enhance connections and improve safety of travel between two counties of Mason and Putnam - if you've heard of them. It's a heck lot more than that.

It is now almost six years (2003-09-03) since a federal 'record of decision' (ROD) was issued signifying completion of all the environmental and planning permissions for the $4.1b Ohio River Bridges project in the Louisville Kentucky/ southern Indiana area.

Staff in Montgomery County north of Philadelphia have proposed a special toll surcharge to raise capital to help pay for a new interchange and connector road from the Pennsylvania Turnpike into central Norristown. The project is an all-electronic tolled interchange on the east bank of the Schuylkill River and a spur road. The spur - termed locally the Lafayette Street Extension or Corridor project - is 3.1km (1.9 miles) of signalized arterial into Norristown.