tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92027284420838605.post3269220176619365896..comments2016-05-04T23:02:35.047-04:00Comments on No Toll Increase: Virginia Purchase the Greenway!?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92027284420838605.post-53624790327144229252013-02-05T08:50:37.191-05:002013-02-05T08:50:37.191-05:00The first time I went onto the Dulles Greenway (ar...The first time I went onto the Dulles Greenway (around 1998) was the last time, because of the price. I had recently moved to this area, and I got onto the Greenway meaning to get onto the Dulles Toll Road going the other way. Whooo, that cost TOO MUCH. Never again!<br /><br />It is no mystery to me why commercial development would be slow - who wants to pay $10 round trip, plus gas, just to get in and out of the area? I can just imagine prospective business investors going out and encountering that toll structure. "Uh, let's get out of here." And now, not only can we extend that Formula for Failure to the Dulles Toll Road, in order to overpay for a rail line that isn't going to help us - but we can also pay more in order to do nothing (or worse) for the Dulles Greenway as well. Another great idea, from the wonderful government we have here.<br /><br />Spending a load of money we don't have, in order to buy the Dulles Greenway and only change things for the worse, is certifiably insane. What on earth is going on here?Bob Bruhnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193732167998240925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92027284420838605.post-267668655127928672013-01-24T05:46:44.066-05:002013-01-24T05:46:44.066-05:00The Greenway is required to justify their toll inc...The Greenway is required to justify their toll increases to the SCC, and since the Greenway has been operating at a deficit, they have not had a problem getting moderate toll increases when requested. Is the road expensive, yes, but nothing compared to the insane rate increases scheduled for the Dulles Toll Road to pay for the Dulles Rail project. The Greenway has investors to repay, $2.2M in property taxes to Loudoun, and contributes significantly to local charities, but doesn't seem to divert toll revenue in a bad way.<br /><br />The problem is that commercial development along the Greenway has been far slower than was expected, and the past improvements to Rt. 7 have made that alternative route more attractive.<br /><br />There may be ways the code could be improved, but changing the rules when well into the game is not fair to the Greenway's investors.Daniel Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16840955162637079340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92027284420838605.post-55288915469986863932013-01-24T03:32:38.444-05:002013-01-24T03:32:38.444-05:00Wouldn't it be simpler to just amend the exist...Wouldn't it be simpler to just amend the existing Greenway law to require the Greenway owner to justify toll increase requests? Why not just repeal § 56-542-I of the state code?NRCBTM1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16286940046054650483noreply@blogger.com