Greenway Toll Hearings Set for June
State law enabled Del. Ramadan to request hearings on private operator’s toll rates.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) addition of a hearing in Sterling has increased the opportunities Loudoun residents and businesses have to weigh in on tolls charged by the Dulles Greenway.
The hearings are part of an investigation Del. David Ramadan (R-87) requested into the toll rates charged by Greenway operator Toll Road Investors Partnership II, an entity of Australia-based Macquarie Group.
The Dulles Greenway is the 14-mile private toll road that extends the Dulles Toll Road from Dulles International Airport to Leesburg. Current rates are $4.10 during regular hours and $4.90 during rush hour at the main toll plaza.
Hearing information:
Sterling
Thursday, June 6 (two sessions: 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.)
Park View High School, auditorium
400 W. Laurel Avenue
Purcellville
Tuesday, April 9 (two sessions: 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.)
Loudoun Valley High School, auditorium
340 North Maple Avenue
Richmond
Thursday, July 18, 10 a.m.
Commission’s second- floor courtroom
Tyler Building
1300 East Main Street
Anyone who wants to comment during any of the hearings should arrive early and sign in with the SCC bailiff. The audio of the Richmond hearing will be webcast via the SCC website.
Those who cannot attend a hearing also can submit written comments by July 9 to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, PO Box 2118, Richmond, VA 23218-2118 (refer to case number PUE-2013-00011).
Submit comments online at the SCC’s website: www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2013-00011.
Laszlo A
7:48 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
Can you imagine the moneys they would make if they REDUCED the rates? This toll is just like those taxes you pay that end up being less revenue when you raise them.
No wonder these people are as far as Australia...
joe brewer
7:59 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
The SCC is going to investigate itself for rubber stamping the toll increase, yeah that makes a lot of sense. Is the money from the increased toll amount going into a escrow account on a monthly basis with accounting measures insuring there is no hokey pokey going?
Nicole J
3:28 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
I will be there. This is ridiculous.