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HOT lanes design meeting to be held Monday at Potomac High School
HOT lanes design meeting to be held Monday at Potomac High School
Date published: 2/8/2009 By Kelly Hannon Public can speak on HOT lanes tomorrow A public hearing on the proposed Interstate 95/395 high occupancy toll lanes project is scheduled for tomorrow night in Dumfries. The public is invited to comment on the design of the northern section of the public-private project. The northern section would convert two existing high occupancy vehicle lanes on I-95/395 into three toll lanes from Eads Street to Dumfries. Two new toll lanes would be built from Dumfries to the Massaponax area in the southern section, which has a different design and environmental-review schedule. Additional meetings will be held for the project's southern section. A single toll lane to Garrisonville would be built sooner as part of the northern-section project to help with the large volume of traffic that exits there. Vehicles with three occupants or more could use the toll lanes free, 24 hours a day. Vehicles with one or two occupants could use the lanes if they pay a toll with a transponder device, similar to an E-ZPass. Tolls would adjust based on the volume of traffic. Project officials will share materials from 5 to 9 p.m. A short presentation will be given at 7 p.m., followed by time for public comment. The meeting will be held at Potomac High School, 3401 Panther Drive, Dumfries. --Kelly Hannon
Date published: 2/8/2009
Why ask for comments on something...
(posted by
bhaas
, Feb. 9, 2009 5:48 am)
that is "cast in stone." HOT lanes were conceived behind closed doors without any referendun from the electorate. The HOT lanes are a "cool" way to tax the citizens without passing a tax increase through the legislative process. The whole thing is a sham. Vote for no incumbents in the future.
A big change
(posted by
JoetheAmerican
, Feb. 8, 2009 8:08 am)
Right now taxpayers who paid to build the HOV can use the HOV during non-rush hours. 3 people per car is limited to rush hours. That changes. Now you will have to pay to use the HOV during non-rush hours. Pay a lot. So Fredericksburg, unless you are willing to cough up the $50 to use the HOV get ready to spend forever on I-95 mainline. Thanks government for selling our road that we paid for to a company that is going to make us pay to use it..
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