Several Virginia lawmakers are calling on the state to suspend tolls on Interstate 66, condemning this week’s variable tolls that hit as high as $40 as “outrageous” and “unacceptable”. He said VDOT told him that as many as 76 commuters paid $40 at the peak of the morning rush hour on Tuesday, out of about 11,000 vehicles that went through the system during the morning rush. Republican and Democrat elected officials joined the chorus, calling the tolls “outrageous” and “unacceptable.”“The tolls on I-66 are outrageous,” Wexton tweeted Tuesday. A snapshot of prices along the new tolls along I-66 in Northern Virginia. “The 66 Alliance calls on VDOT to suspend the I-66 toll program immediately and for the Virginia General Assembly to investigate VDOT, Secretary Layne and the I-66 toll program before the program is permitted to be relaunched,” Scott said.

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2017 18:11 UTC