The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has set hearing dates for the public to weigh in on the plan to boost tolls to $6 dollars along Dulles Toll Road. The new rates would take effect on Jan. 1.
A virtual hearing is set for July 12 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and the in-person hearing on July 18 will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The increase would be a climb from the $4.75 that most users pay when they drive through the main toll plaza and exit at a ramp.
The money raised will be used to pay for constructing the $5.8 billion Silver Line rail project.
In addition, the proposal also would make drivers who don’t use an EZ-pass — those billed by their license plate — pay a new fee on top of the toll.
Anyone who goes to the hearing or provide their comments to an official meeting stenographer. .
