Hampton Roads
“Critics of the proposed Hampton Roads tolls are unsatisfied
by the new governor’s initiatives reducing – and in some cases eliminating —
those tolls, which are scheduled to take effect Feb. 1. This past week Gov.
Terry McAuliffe announced the Downtown and Midtown Tunnels would not charge
tolls to emergency vehicles. Earlier he also said the Commonwealth
Transportation Board determined passenger-car-peak-period tolls would be
reduced from $1.84 to $1 each way.
However, members of Citizens for Accountability in Politics
Political Action Committee, an organization concerning itself with Hampton
Roads issues, say the tolls are fundamentally unfair because they were imposed
by unelected officials. The tolls are the result of a private-public
partnership between the Virginia Department of Transportation and Elizabeth
River Crossings, which is described in a press release as the ‘private partner
of VDOT for the design, construction, finance, operations and maintenance of
the Elizabeth River Tunnels Project.’ CAPPAC challenged the tolls in circuit
court and won, but ultimately lost on appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia.”
~Writes Lauren McLellan of the Tidewater News
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