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Bay Bridge-Tunnel Moves Toward Higher Toll, Expansion | Hamptonroads.Com | Pilotonline.Com 5/31/13 10:51 AM Bay Bridge-Tunnel moves toward higher toll, expansion | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com 5/31/13 10:51 AM 81° forecast THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT SEARCH THE SITE LOG IN EPILOT SUBSCRIPTIONS ADVERTISING PILOT STORE MORE SIGN UP MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIEDS DEALS SEARCH LOCAL JOBS AUTOS HOMES SHOPPING COUPONS RENTALS LEGALS NEWS OPINION BUSINESS MILITARY SPORTS WEATHER TRAFFIC OBITS HAMPTONROADS.COM ENTERTAINMENT LIFE MORE HOME » NEWS » TRAFFIC - TRANSPORTATION Bay Bridge-Tunnel moves toward higher toll, expansion Posted to: News Tolls Traffic - Transportation Virginia Beach Login or register to post comments By Dave Forster The Virginian-Pilot © May 30, 2013 VIRGINIA BEACH The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel would cost $3 more to cross on weekends in the summer under a proposal to accelerate expansion of the 17.6-mile span. The commission that oversees the crossing will present those and other tolling changes to the 1 OF 2 PHOTOS: The Chesapeake Bay Bridge public at meetings in June before a final vote in Tunnel, shown in a 2000 file photo. (Steve Earley | July on whether to approve the increases, which Virginian-Pilot file photo) would take effect in 2014. The plan includes toll View second photo | Buy Pilot photos increases every five years thereafter. TRAFFIC CAMERAS The fee change is part of a financing plan to build a Live views of highways, tunnels second Thimble Shoal Tunnel – one of two spots and bridges around Hampton Roads on the bay crossing where traffic from its dual bridges converges and dips into a mile-long tube Daily Deal | | Promote your business under water. TOLL HEARINGS Travel in the tunnels is reduced to one lane in each Public information sessions on the proposed toll changes are tentatively set to run from 5 to 7 p.m. direction. The parallel Thimble Shoal tunnel would June 20 at Shore Financial headquarters in Onley, allow traffic there to continue in two lanes in each June 24 at Northampton High School in Eastville, direction and provide a backup in case one of the June 26 at Lake Wright Sleep Inn in Virginia Beach, and July 1 at Hampton City Hall. tubes is closed. GOING THERE The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is not plagued Under the new proposal, vehicles traveling Fridays by the same daily congestion as Hampton Roads’ to Sundays, from May 15 to Sept. 15, would pay the other bridges and tunnels. Traffic-wise for “peak” toll rate of $15, a $3 increase. motorists, “there’s not any hurry” for an expansion, COMING BACK said Aubrey Layne, chairman of the bridge-tunnel’s The 24-hour return toll on those peak trips would be governing commission. reduced to $3 from $5, resulting in a net increase of $1 to the cost for day-trippers or commuters. “We are not building it because of traffic relief,” he said. RELATED The biggest need is to provide an alternative route Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to offer big discount - Feb. 13 and keep the link to the Eastern Shore open, Layne said. In a resolution endorsing the toll proposal, the commission said the tunnel POLL expansion is necessary if the Thimble Shoal Should Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel rates be Tunnel closes because of a catastrophe, accident, raised by $3 on summer weekends to hasten the http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/bay-bridgetunnel-moves-toward-higher-toll-expansion Page 1 of 10 Bay Bridge-Tunnel moves toward higher toll, expansion | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com 5/31/13 10:51 AM span's expansion? or mechanical failure or maintenance of the Local internet marketing by PaperG structure, which turns 50 next year. Yes No Construction of a parallel tunnel or bridge at the TOOLBOX Not sure crossing’s other underwater section – the Chesapeake Channel Tunnel – is projected to Print Vote happen around 2040, though that is subject to Email Related: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel could see many variables, said Jeff Holland, the bridge-tunnel higher seasonal tolls district’s executive director, by email. View results | Vote in more polls Layne said it was more important to complete the SAVE & SHARE Thimble Shoal expansion first because that is where cargo ships cross to get into the port of Delicious Hampton Roads. Digg With the widening of the Panama Canal to be completed soon, larger ships are expected to call Reddit on Hampton Roads in the coming years, and Facebook Layne said he wanted construction at Thimble Shoal largely done before that increase in shipping Twitter activity takes hold. Google Motorists beginning their Memorial Day weekend on Friday encountered 3- to 5-mile backups on the Yahoo span after a two-vehicle accident in the Chesapeake Channel Tunnel stopped traffic for an hour and led to alternating lane closures, according to a summary of the incident relayed by Holland. A disabled vehicle near the Thimble Shoal Tunnel added to the backups. The bridge-tunnel commission cited driver safety as another reason for expansion. There have been 24 head-on collisions in the tunnels, including three with fatalities, since 1996, the earliest the bridge- tunnel district has location data on accidents, according to Tom Anderson, the district’s director of finance. Design and construction of the tunnel is estimated to cost $839 million with a federal loan, according to a financial analysis by The PFM Group. Construction would take 3½ years and could begin as early as July 2016, the analysis said. Commissioners point to the relatively low interest rates available on the funds they’d borrow to build the project as another reason to act now. Drivers of passenger vehicles, pickups and motorcycles currently pay $12 to cross. Return trips within 24 hours are $5. Under the proposal, the commission would create a “peak” toll rate of $15 for those vehicles on Fridays to Sundays, from May 15 to Sept. 15. The 24-hour return toll on those peak trips would be reduced to $3, resulting in a net increase of $1 to the cost for day-trippers or commuters. Nonpeak tolls would be $13 for passenger vehicles and $5 for a 24-hour return trip. The toll on trucks with five axles would increase to $39 per trip, from $35. The changes also propose creating a discounted return rate for two-axle, four-tire vehicles pulling a trailer. That would result in a lower two-way charge for those users if they crossed back and forth in less than 24 hours, and a higher one if not. Overall, the toll schedule changes would equate to about a 10 percent increase in the average crossing fee, according to the bridge-tunnel authority. The proposal calls for a 10 percent average increase every five years thereafter to continue paying for the expansion. The bridge-tunnel commission is a governor-appointed board that is independent of the state highway department. Its last toll hike, in 2004, included a $2 increase for passenger vehicles and a $5 increase for trucks with five axles. A new commuter rate that is set to start next year for E-ZPass users would not be affected by the proposed changes. That deal will allow people who make 30 one-way trips per month to pay $5 per trip. Dave Forster, 757-446-2627, [email protected] Login or register to post comments http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/bay-bridgetunnel-moves-toward-higher-toll-expansion Page 2 of 10 Bay Bridge-Tunnel moves toward higher toll, expansion | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com 5/31/13 10:51 AM COMMENTS ADVISORY: Users are solely responsible for opinions they post here; comments do not reflect the views Find. Do. of The Virginian-Pilot or its websites. Users must follow agreed-upon rules: Be civil, be clean, be on topic; don't Tag. Share. attack private individuals, other users or classes of people. Read the full rules here. - Comments are automatically checked for inappropriate language, but readers might find some comments offensive or inaccurate. If you believe a comment violates our rules, click the report violation link below it. what where FIND [-] Hide Comments Popular Searches NO ! Submitted by zee61 on Thu, 05/30/2013 at 1:03 pm. NO MORE TOLLS !! PERIOD !!! Login to your account to post comments report violation hide all comments from this user 2 or 3 Business Development Coordinator Chesapeake, Virginia Priority Automotive Group SEE ABOVE. Parts Counter Sales Person Submitted by SamD on Thu, 05/30/2013 at 1:42 pm. Chesapeake, VA VIRGINIA TRUCK CENTER It's the only toll that should be charged in Southeast Virginia. Body Shop Estimator Login to your account to post comments report violation hide all comments from this user Virginia Beach, Virginia Charles Barker 4 or 0 Automotive Group More jobs DON'T GET EXCITED Submitted by quiturcryin on Thu, 05/30/2013 at 2:19 pm. You can always drive around it. Login to your account to post comments report violation hide all comments from this user 0 or 0 SOOO Submitted by richard1949 on Thu, 05/30/2013 at 5:17 pm. So how to pay for this??? If it was public we could simple raise taxes on everyone, we know how we all love taxes. I beleive this is a simi-private bridge so like any good business you charge the customer more when you want to take in more money. Login to your account to post comments report violation hide all comments from this user 0 or 0 BRING THE FERRIES BACK Submitted by seaside on Thu, 05/30/2013 at 10:33 pm. It's funny how a few years ago the toll was raised to fund new second tunnels from 12 dollars to 17 dollars.
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