FAIRFAX, VA-County Supervisor Pat Herrity is seeking to perform a study to determine how much the county could charge for air rights to build over the Dulles Toll Road, the new Silver Line and next to new Metro stations in order to offset projected toll hikes.
If such an initiative were to be undertaken, it would be the first time such an arrangement was orchestrated in the state of Virginia.
“It's a way to use the property that we have next to these Metro stations, and make some money that we can put back into tolls," says Herrity.
Currently, users of the toll road are expected to pay about 75% of the $3 billion cost for phase two of the Silver Line. The county supervisor notes that the county must act before the design is completed on the remaining Silver Line stations in Fairfax County. See story at wtop.com.
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