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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION
PRESENTED February 14: 1989
89-38 ADOPTED February 14~ 1989
COMMENTING ON THE VIRGINIA TOLL ROAD CORPORATION
APPLICATION BEFORE THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION
BOARD TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE DUT,T,'R8 TOLL ROAD
EXTENSION
WHEREAS, by Council Resolution No. 87-98, adopted May 20, 1987, the Leesburg Town
Council unanimously endorsed a Leesburg terminus for the proposed Dulles Toll Road extension; and
WHEREAS, the Council has previously endorsed the efforts of both the V~r~ni- Department of
Transportation and the Toll Road Corporation of Virginia, in their efforts to design and fund a toll
road extension to Leesburg; and
WHEREAS, state support for primary and urban system road improvements within Leesburg,
Northern V'xrginla's fastest growing town, is inadequate and current transportation revenue legislation
in the General Assembly ignores Northern Virginia's towns; and
WHE~, the Dulles Toll Road extension will generate new traffic dem-ud which will require
additional improvements to our transportation system; and
WHERFd~, extension of the Dulles Toll Road by the private Toll Road Corporation may
present an opportunity for revenue sharing to assist the town with transportation improvements
directly related to the toll road extension~
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
The Town of Leesburg offers the following preliminary comments concerning the application
filed by the Virginia Toll Road Corporation (VTRC) to construct and operate the proposed Dulles Toll
Road extension to Leesburg under the Vir~nia Highway Corporation Act of 1988:
1. Traffic Study. The town needs to ensure that Leesburg's land development
projections are included in this study. The study presently is ut'dizing COG projections,
to which the town had no input. The results of the study are essential to help
determine the impacts of the toll road on Leesburg's existing and planned road network,
partiod-rly the by-pass.
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RESOLUTION - COMMENTING ON THE VIRGINIA TOLL ROAD CORPORATION
2. By-pass Impacts. The increased toll road traffic on the by-pass, especially on
those portions not 4-laned and with at-grade intersections is a concern. The VTRC
should participate substantially in the estimated $3 million cost of completing the 4-
laning of the Route 15 north by-pass. A number of options were explored initially with
VTRC at the February i meeting and should continue to be the subject of discussion
between the VTRC and the town prior to SCC consideration of the VTRC applicatiom
3. Stratford E-W Collector Crossing. The local E-W collector between Route 15
and Route 643 approved on the Stratford rezoning plan must cross the ton roa(L The
VTRC application must els~ify that the structure necessary to accommodate this cros.2ing
will be included in the initial toll road design and will be constructed either initially or
when required by Stratford development at no cost to the town.
4. By-pass interchange. The apph'cation indicates that the VTRC design would
have to be modified "if so required by the town" to accommodate the local extension
road to Catoctin Circle included in the revised Town Plan. This must be required now
to ensure that VTRC pays for work to allow a future extension when justified and
funded. VTRC officiAl~ indicate a willingness to do this if the town can provide the
necessary information on the desired alignment of the local extensiom The VTRC has
also overlooked the land needed to construct this interchange north of the by-pass. No
proffers have been secured for this land other than a section owned by NVLand.
5. Airport Impacts. The VTRC is attempting to address concerns of landowners
west of the Leesburg Municipal Airport regarding viable use of the remainder of their
property. The town's airport consultants are attempting to identify adequate and safe
access to the Kay and Ward properties at this time. The town should also mlnimi~.e
impacts on these existing landowners from airport expansiom
6. Revenue Sharin~ Options. VTRC has identified three options for sharing some
toll road revenues for local road improvements necessitated by the ton road. These
include: (a) an improvement fund required by the Act from any incremental toll over
the actual amount needed by VTRC for operating and a "reasonable rate of return".
(e.g., difference between $0.94 and a $1.00 toll); (b) an agreement between VTRC, the
CTB and local governments to seek a toll increase from the SCC specifically for road
improvements (authorized in the Act); and (c) a proposed VTRC improvement fund from
tolls collected above the expected rate of return. All of these options provide the
potential for funding essential toll road related town road improvements. The VTRC
application, however, should be amended to specifically name the town, as well as the
county as a potential beneficiary of these funds. The town further suggests that
assistance with the aforementioned by-pass improvements should coincide with
completion of the toll road and that part of these funds could be returned to the VTRC
through future credits av~ilsble from excess toll revenues generated through one of the
aforementioned measures.
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HE~)LUTION- COM~Wm. NTING ON THE VIEGINIA TOLL EOAD CORPOEATION
pA~.~I) th~ 14th ~f February ~.
IIohn W. Tolbert, Jr., Vice-Mayor
Town of Leesburg
A~rEST:
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Clerk of